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>.

The location of Spencer has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4> In other words, the altitude 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

Spencer would have been located in the (775) area code.

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 5 communities that are near Spencer.

Yankee Blade ‑ Historic
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Yankee Blade have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yankee Blade
- Yankee Blade is located in Lander County
Austin
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin
- Austin is located in Lander County
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Austin <5>
Clifton ‑ Historic
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clifton
- Clifton is located in Lander County
Canon City ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canon City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canon City
- Canon City is located in Lander County
Jacobsville ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacobsville
- Jacobsville is located in Lander County

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 for Spencer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Spencer post office opened in 1896.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spencer.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for State of Nevada: nv.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Spencer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Nevada's counties, including Lander, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<4>	The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spencer - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/