Do you know of Spencer ???
This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Spencer. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Spencer.
We found mention of Spencer as a post office (see Mentions and References below), but can't determine its location - other than being located somewhere in Davidson County, North Carolina.
It's common that the post office is named the same as the community in which it's located (although that's not always case). In this case, we can't match this post office to any of the existing communities in our gazetteer.
From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened in 1828 and closed in 1872.
This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.
Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.
Communities Also Named Spencer ...
We found 36 communities that share the name Spencer.
There are two communities within North Carolina that are also named Spencer.
Beyond North Carolina, we know of another 34 communities that are located throughout in the United States.
- Communities Located In North Carolina ...
- Moore County
- Rowan County
- Please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Spencer [Rowan County].
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Baxter County
- Please visit our profile page for the Arkansas community of Spencer [Baxter County].
- Colorado
- Gunnison County
- Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Spencer [Gunnison County].
- Idaho
- Clark County
- Please visit our profile page for the Idaho community of Spencer [Clark County].
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Owen County
- Please visit our profile page for the Indiana community of Spencer [Owen County].
- Iowa
- Clay County
- Please visit our profile page for the Iowa community of Spencer [Clay County].
- Kansas
- Atchison County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spencer [Atchison County].
- Ness County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spencer [Ness County].
- Shawnee County
- Please visit our profile page for the Kansas community of Spencer [Shawnee County].
- Kentucky
- Bell County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Spencer [Bell County].
- Montgomery County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Kentucky community of Spencer [Montgomery County].
- Louisiana
- Union Parish
- Please visit our profile page for the Louisiana community of Spencer [Union Parish].
- Massachusetts
- Worcester County
- Please visit our profile page for the Massachusetts community of Spencer [Worcester County].
- Michigan
- Kalkaska County
- Please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Spencer [Kalkaska County].
- Mississippi
- Copiah County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Spencer [Copiah County].
- Washington County
- Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Spencer [Washington County].
- Missouri
- Lawrence County
- Please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Spencer [Lawrence County].
- Nebraska
- Boyd County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nebraska community of Spencer [Boyd County].
- Nevada
- Lander County
- Please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Spencer [Lander County].
- New York
- Tioga County
- Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Spencer [Tioga County].
- Ohio
- Lorain County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Spencer [Lorain County].
- Lucas County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Spencer [Lucas County].
- Medina County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Spencer [Medina County].
- Muskingum County
- Please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Spencer [Muskingum County].
- Oklahoma
- Oklahoma County
- Please visit our profile page for the Oklahoma community of Spencer [Oklahoma County].
- South Dakota
- McCook County
- Please visit our profile page for the South Dakota community of Spencer [McCook County].
- Tennessee
- Van Buren County
- Please visit our profile page for the Tennessee community of Spencer [Van Buren County].
- Virginia
- Henry County
- Please visit our profile page for the Virginia community of Spencer [Henry County].
- West Virginia
- Roane County
- Please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Spencer [Roane County].
- Wisconsin
- Marathon County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wisconsin community of Spencer [Marathon County].
- Wyoming
- Weston County
- Please visit our profile page for the Wyoming community of Spencer [Weston County].
Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Spencer ...
We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Spencer:
Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>
List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office
Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers
U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846)
Published by John T. Towers
More Orphans in Davidson County ...
Can you help?
As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Davidson County.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Spencer could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <2> | A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |