Welcome to Spore ...

Spore is located in Crawford County<1>.

The location of Spore has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spore, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

Spore is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Area codes for Spore: (419) & (567)<4>

Communities near Spore ...

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

• Marion
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marion
  • Marion is located in Marion County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 35,516 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Marion <5>
• Tiffin
  (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiffin
  • Tiffin is located in Seneca County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 17,359 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiffin <5>
• Bucyrus
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
  • Bucyrus is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 11,738 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bucyrus <5>
• Galion
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Galion
  • Galion is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,929 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Galion <5>
• Shelby
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shelby have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shelby
  • Shelby is located in Richland County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,066 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shelby <5>
• Upper Sandusky
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Upper Sandusky
  • Upper Sandusky is located in Wyandot County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 6,436 people
• Crestline
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crestline
  • Crestline is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,406 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crestline <5>
• Carey
  (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Carey
  • Carey is located in Wyandot County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,540 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Carey <5>
• New Washington
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for New Washington have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
  • New Washington is located in Crawford County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 915 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for New Washington <5>
• Bloomville
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bloomville
  • Bloomville is located in Seneca County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 906 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bloomville <5>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spore ...

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

Adding Spore to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spore 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 for Spore was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Spore post office opened in 1888.

We also found Spore in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spore.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spore. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Crawford County: www.crawford-co.org/

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/