Welcome to Spruce ...

So far, we found very little information about Spruce. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Spruce to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spruce, please Contact Us.

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Spruce would have been located within present day Placer County<2>.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Spruce is 6,550 feet [1,996 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Spruce is 1¼ mile [or ~2 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Spruce was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Spruce ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 14 communities that are also named Spruce - they are located in Colorado, Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania (3), West Virginia (2) and Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spruce.

Communities near Spruce ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spruce.

• Truckee
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Truckee is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Truckee
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,982 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Truckee <4>
• Big Bend
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Big Bend is located in Placer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Bend
• Donner
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Donner is located in Placer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner
• Norden
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Norden is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Norden
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Norden <4>
• Baltimore Town
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Baltimore Town is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baltimore Town
• Donner Lake Village
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Donner Lake Village is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Lake Village
  • Donner Lake Village has also been known as:
  • Donner Lake
• Donner Woods
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Donner Woods is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donner Woods
• Meadow Lake ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Meadow Lake is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadow Lake
• Soda Springs
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Soda Springs is located in Placer County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soda Springs
• Summit City ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Summit City is located in Nevada County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Summit City

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Spruce. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spruce.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spruce. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spruce.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spruce. See our Newspapers Page for Spruce.

Adding Spruce to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spruce in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Spruce was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spruce.