Welcome to Spanglin ...

Spanglin is located in Elliott County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spanglin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1907.

Spanglin is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Spanglin: 606

Communities near Spanglin ...

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

• Morehead
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Morehead is located in Rowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morehead
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,596 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Morehead <3>
• West Liberty
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • West Liberty is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Liberty
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,407 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for West Liberty <3>
• Olive Hill
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Olive Hill is located in Carter County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Olive Hill
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,534 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Olive Hill <3>
• Sandy Hook
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Sandy Hook is located in Elliott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Hook
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 597 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sandy Hook <3>
• Lakeview Heights
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Lakeview Heights is located in Rowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lakeview Heights
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 225 people
• Minor
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Minor is located in Rowan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minor
• Bell City
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Bell City is located in Elliott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bell City
• Yocum
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Yocum is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yocum
• Ault
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Ault is located in Elliott County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ault
• Elkfork
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Elkfork is located in Morgan County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elkfork

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spanglin ...

Looking for more information about Spanglin? 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 Spanglin, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Spanglin.

Adding Spanglin to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spanglin 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 Spanglin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Spanglin post office opened in 1907. The Spanglin post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spanglin.