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Welcome to Sperry ...So far, we found very little information about Sperry. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Sperry to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Sperry, please Contact Us. Sperry would have been located within present day Adair County<2>. The location of Sperry has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sperry, you might consider that their post office opened in 1883. While the community is gone, the present day location for Sperry is 950 feet [290 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: The area where Sperry was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time If Sperry still existed, it would have been in the (660) area code. Communities Also Named Sperry ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Sperry - they are located in California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Texas and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Sperry. Communities near Sperry ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sperry.
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 Sperry. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sperry. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sperry. 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 Sperry. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sperry. See our Newspapers Page for Sperry. Adding Sperry to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sperry 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 for Sperry was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> We also found Sperry in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sperry. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for State of Missouri: https://www.mo.gov/ Footnotes ...
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