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Welcome to Spicer ...

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

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


Spicer would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spicer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1884.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Spicer is 8,330 feet [2,539 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Spicer is about 1½ mile [or ~2½ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Spicer was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Spicer was located: 970 & 748<4>

Communities Also Named Spicer ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Colorado communities named Spicer: This one is located in Jackson County and the other is located in Larimer County.

Beyond Colorado, there are 7 communities that are also named Spicer - they are located in British Columbia, Minnesota, Ontario (3) and Oregon.

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

Communities near Spicer ...

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

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 Spicer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spicer.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spicer. 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 Spicer.

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

Adding Spicer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spicer in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Spicer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Spicer post office opened in 1884. The Spicer post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spicer.

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Spicer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Colorado's counties, including Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spicer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 970 code has been Overlayed with the 748 area code. New phone numbers in the Spicer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 970 or 748. As a result, placing a call in the Spicer area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/