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Welcome to Spencer Brook ...

Spencer Brook is located in Isanti County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spencer Brook, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857.

A typical abbreviation for Spencer Brook: Spencer Brk.

Spencer Brook is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Spencer Brook ...

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

  • Andover
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Ramsey
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Elk River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Otsego
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • East Bethel
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Big Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Cambridge
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Oak Grove
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Saint Francis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Isanti
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spencer Brook ...

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

Adding Spencer Brook to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spencer Brook post office opened in 1857. The Spencer Brook post office closed in 1908.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spencer Brook.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Isanti, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spencer Brook - 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/