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Welcome to Speck ...

Speck is primarily located in Adair County<1>. A portion of Speck extends into Taylor County.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Speck, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1900.

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

Time Zone: Speck lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: While Speck is in the Central Time Zone, the area just to the west is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Speck: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Speck ...

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

Communities near Speck ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Speck ...

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

Adding Speck to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Speck 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 for Speck was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Speck post office opened in 1900.

We also found Speck on a map titled George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Speck.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Adair, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Speck - 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 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Speck area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Speck 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>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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