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Welcome to Spruce Corner ...

Spruce Corner is located in Franklin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spruce Corner, you might consider that their post office opened in 1889.

A typical abbreviation for Spruce Corner: Spruce Cor. (or less commonly used: Spruce Crn.)

Spruce Corner is 1,310 feet [399 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Spruce Corner ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spruce Corner - it's located in Connecticut.

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

Communities near Spruce Corner ...

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

  • Amherst
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Amherst is located in Hampshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 40,643 people
  • Northampton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Northampton is located in Hampshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northampton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 28,362 people
  • Greenfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Greenfield is located in Franklin County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,241 people
  • Easthampton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Easthampton is located in Hampshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 15,750 people
  • North Adams
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • North Adams is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,737 people
  • Montague
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
    • Montague is located in Franklin County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 8,203 people
  • Adams
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Adams is located in Berkshire County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,955 people
  • Dalton
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Dalton is located in Berkshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,479 people
  • Southampton
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Southampton is located in Hampshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,162 people
  • Hadley
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Hadley is located in Hampshire County
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,327 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spruce Corner ...

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

Adding Spruce Corner to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spruce Corner 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 Spruce Corner was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Spruce Corner post office opened in 1889. The Spruce Corner post office closed in 1909.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spruce Corner.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Massachusetts' counties, including Franklin, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spruce Corner - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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/