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Welcome to Spanker ...

Spanker is located in Montgomery County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spanker, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860.

Spanker is 890 feet [271 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Spanker: 937 & 326<3>

Communities near Spanker ...

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

  • Dayton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Dayton is located in Montgomery County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dayton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 139,907 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dayton <4>
  • Kettering
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Beavercreek
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Huber Heights
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fairborn
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Troy
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
    • Troy is located in Miami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Troy
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 26,473 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Troy <4>
  • Riverside
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Trotwood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Centerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Piqua
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spanker ...

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

Adding Spanker to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spanker 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 Spanker was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Spanker post office opened in 1860. The Spanker post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spanker.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Montgomery, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spanker - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 937 code has been Overlayed with the 326 area code. New phone numbers in the Spanker area will be assigned with one of these codes: 937 or 326. As a result, placing a call in the Spanker area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/