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Welcome to Spiro ...

Spiro is located in Rockcastle County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spiro, you might consider that their post office opened in 1905.

Spiro is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you leave Spiro and travel west, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Code for Spiro: 606

Communities Also Named Spiro ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spiro - it's located in Oklahoma.

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

Communities near Spiro ...

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

  • Berea
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Berea is located in Madison County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Berea
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 16,287 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Berea <3>
  • Stanford
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Mount Vernon
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Brodhead
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Crab Orchard
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Science Hill
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Eubank
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Livingston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Renfro Valley
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Bee Lick
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Bee Lick is located in Pulaski County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bee Lick

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spiro ...

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

Adding Spiro to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spiro post office opened in 1905. The Spiro post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spiro.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Rockcastle, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spiro - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/