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Welcome to Spargursville ...

Spargursville is located in Ross County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spargursville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Spargursville is 740 feet [226 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Spargursville: 740 & 220<3>

Communities near Spargursville ...

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

  • Chillicothe
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Greenfield
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Waverly City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Waverly City is located in Pike County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waverly City
    • Estimated population in 2011: 4,395 people
  • Waverly
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Piketon
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Frankfort
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Bainbridge
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
  • Clarksburg
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
    • Clarksburg is located in Ross County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarksburg
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 441 people
  • South Salem
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Sinking Spring
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Sinking Spring is located in Highland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinking Spring
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 131 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spargursville ...

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

Adding Spargursville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spargursville post office opened in 1901. The Spargursville post office closed in 1955.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spargursville.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Ross, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spargursville - 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 740 code has been Overlayed with the 220 area code. New phone numbers in the Spargursville area will be assigned with one of these codes: 740 or 220. As a result, placing a call in the Spargursville 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/