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Welcome to Spot ...

Spot is located in Currituck County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1928.

Spot is near sea level<2>.

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

Area Code for Spot: 252

Communities Also Named Spot ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spot - it's located in Tennessee.

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

Communities near Spot ...

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

  • Kill Devil Hills
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kitty Hawk
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Southern Shores
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Nags Head
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Manteo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Duck
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • George Town Sands
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • George Town Sands is located in Dare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for George Town Sands
  • Poteskeet Village
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Poteskeet Village is located in Dare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poteskeet Village
  • Sandy Ridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Sandy Ridge is located in Dare County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
  • Jarvisburg
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spot ...

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

Adding Spot to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spot post office opened in 1928.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spot.

Footnotes ...

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