Welcome to Spencer ...So far, we found very little information about Spencer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Spencer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Spencer, please Contact Us. Spencer would have been located within present day Lander County<2>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Spencer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896. While the community is gone, the present day location for Spencer is 5,810 feet [1,771 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Spencer is about 1¼ mile [or ~1¾ km] above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Spencer was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time The Area Code where Spencer was located: 775 Communities Also Named Spencer ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 35 communities that are also named Spencer - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina (2), Ohio (4), Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spencer. Communities near Spencer ...We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Spencer.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Spencer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spencer. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spencer. 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. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spencer. See our Newspapers Page for Spencer. Adding Spencer to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Spencer in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Spencer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Spencer. Footnotes ...
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