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Welcome to Spurrier ...

Spurrier is located in Hardin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spurrier, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902.

Spurrier is 580 feet [177 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: While Spurrier is in the Eastern Time Zone, the area just to the south is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

Area Codes for Spurrier: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Spurrier ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Spurrier - they are located in North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah.

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

Communities near Spurrier ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near 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 Spurrier. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spurrier.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spurrier ...

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

Adding Spurrier to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spurrier post office opened in 1902. The Spurrier post office closed in 1954.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spurrier.

Footnotes ...

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