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Welcome to Spades ...

Spades is located in Ripley County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spades, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883.

Spades is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Spades lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Spades: 812 & 930<3>

Communities near Spades ...

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

  • Harrison
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Harrison is located in Hamilton County (OH)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrison
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,199 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Harrison <4>
  • Batesville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Lawrenceburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Greendale
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Greendale is located in Dearborn County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,339 people
  • Aurora
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Brookville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Versailles
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Milan
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Osgood
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Dillsboro
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spades ...

Looking for more information about Spades? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Spades, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Spades.

Adding Spades to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spades 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 Spades was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Spades post office opened in 1883. The Spades post office closed in 1950.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spades.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Indiana's counties, including Ripley, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spades - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 812 code has been Overlayed with the 930 area code. New phone numbers in the Spades area will be assigned with one of these codes: 812 or 930. As a result, placing a call in the Spades area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/