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Welcome to Spike ...

Spike is located in Grayson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spike, you might consider that their post office opened in 1893.

Spike is 620 feet [189 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Spike (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Spike: 270 & 364<3>

Communities near Spike ...

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

  • Leitchfield
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Horse Cave
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Munfordville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Clarkson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Brownsville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Upton
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Sonora
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Bonnieville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Higdon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Higdon is located in Grayson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Higdon
  • Spurrier
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Spurrier is located in Hardin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spurrier

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spike ...

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

Adding Spike to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spike post office opened in 1893. The Spike post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spike.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Grayson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spike - 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 Spike area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Spike 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/