Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Spencers Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Spencers Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Spencers Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
A typical abbreviation for Spencers Corner: Spencers Cor. (or less commonly used: Spencers Crn.) While the name of this community is Spencers Corner, be aware that it's the common practice of mapmakers to remove the apostrophe from possessive names<1> Spencers Corner may originally have been Spencer's Corner.Spencers Corner might be written as Spencer Corner. If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us .
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals and doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Spencers Corner is located in Kent County .
To see how the shape of the state's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries .
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Kent County : New London (CT) , Windham (CT) , Bristol , Newport , Providence & Washington .
Below are the counties that are near Spencers Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Spencers Corner:
Kent County (The home county of Spencers Corner)
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Shippee Corner (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Shippee Corner is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shippee Corner Quidnick (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Spring Lake (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Spring Lake is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake East Greenwich (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Population from the 2020 Census: 13,141 people
East Greenwich (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich West Warwick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Cowesett (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett West Warwick (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
West Warwick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Warwick Population from the 2020 Census: 28,967 people
Coventry (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Phenix (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Apponaug (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Arkwright (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Arkwright is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arkwright Bristol County
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Annawomscutt (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Annawomscutt is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Annawomscutt Barrington (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Population from the 2020 Census: 16,015 people
Barrington (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
Barrington is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington Bristol (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Population from the 2020 Census: 21,866 people
Bristol (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Bristol is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bristol Warren (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Warren (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Warren is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Warren Population from the 2020 Census: 10,469 people
Coggeshall (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
Coggeshall is located in Bristol County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coggeshall Newport County
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Prudence Island (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
Prudence Island is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prudence Island Jamestown (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Population from the 2020 Census: 5,482 people
Melville (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
Melville is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melville Jamestown (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Jamestown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jamestown Lawtons (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
Lawtons is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawtons Portsmouth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Population from the 2020 Census: 17,108 people
Portsmouth (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
Portsmouth is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Portsmouth Brenton Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Brenton Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brenton Village Clarks Village (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Clarks Village is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Middletown (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Middletown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Middletown is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Middletown Population from the 2020 Census: 15,803 people
Newport East (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
Newport East is located in Newport County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Newport East Providence County
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Oaklawn (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
Oaklawn is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oaklawn Sockanosset (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Sockanosset is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sockanosset Kent ‑ Historic(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
Kent is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent Meshanticut (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Meshanticut is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meshanticut Garden City (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
Garden City is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City Knightsville (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Knightsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Knightsville Thornton (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
Thornton is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thornton Bellefonte (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Bellefonte is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellefonte Cranston (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
Cranston is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cranston Population from the 2020 Census: 81,142 people
Ashland ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Ashland is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ashland Richmond ‑ Historic(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
Richmond is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Richmond Simmonsville (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
Simmonsville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simmonsville Washington County
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Exeter (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Wickford Junction (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
Wickford Junction is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Junction Mount View (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Mount View is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount View Wickford (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
Wickford is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wickford Exeter (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Exeter is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Exeter Population from the 2020 Census: 6,531 people
Belleville (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
Belleville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Belleville North Kingstown (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Allenton (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Allenton is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allenton Liberty (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Liberty is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Liberty Slocum (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
Slocum is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slocum North Kingstown (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
North Kingstown is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Kingstown Population from the 2020 Census: 26,278 people
Austin (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
Austin is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Austin New London County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Voluntown (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Voluntown is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Voluntown Population from the 2020 Census: 2,500 people
Voluntown (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Glasgo (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Griswold (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Griswold is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griswold Population from the 2020 Census: 11,660 people
North Stonington (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
North Stonington is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Stonington Population from the 2020 Census: 5,197 people
North Stonington (23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
Jewett City (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
Preston (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
Mashantucket (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Pawcatuck (25 miles [40.2 km] to the southwest)
Lisbon (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
Lisbon is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lisbon Population from the 2020 Census: 4,238 people
Clarks Village (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
Clarks Village is located in New London County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clarks Village Windham County (CT)
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Oneco (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
Sterling (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Sterling is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Population from the 2020 Census: 3,764 people
Sterling (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
Ekonk (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
Ekonk is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ekonk South Killingly (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
South Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Killingly Almyville (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Almyville is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Almyville Moosup (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
Plainfield (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
Plainfield is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Population from the 2020 Census: 15,084 people
East Killingly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Killingly (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
Killingly is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Killingly Population from the 2020 Census: 17,305 people
Central Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Plainfield Village (20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
Plainfield Village is located in Windham County (CT) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainfield Village Bristol County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Seekonk (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seekonk Population from the 2020 Census: 15,851 people
Harris (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
Harris is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris South Rehoboth (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
South Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Rehoboth Globe Village (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Globe Village is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Globe Village Ocean Grove (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
Ocean Grove is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ocean Grove Swansea Center (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Swansea Center is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Center Swansea (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
Swansea is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swansea Population from the 2020 Census: 17,000 people
Hortonville (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
Hortonville is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hortonville North Seekonk (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
North Seekonk is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Seekonk Fall River (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
Fall River is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fall River Population from the 2020 Census: 89,792 people
Rehoboth (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
Rehoboth is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rehoboth Population from the 2020 Census: 12,503 people
Attleborough City (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
Attleborough City is located in Bristol County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Attleborough City Norfolk County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Burnt Swamp Corner (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Burnt Swamp Corner is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnt Swamp Corner Plainville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Plainville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plainville Population from the 2020 Census: 9,280 people
Sheldonville (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
Sheldonville is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sheldonville Bellingham (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Bellingham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bellingham Population from the 2020 Census: 17,336 people
Franklin (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Franklin is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Franklin Population from the 2020 Census: 34,711 people
Wrentham (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Wrentham is located in Norfolk County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrentham Population from the 2020 Census: 12,083 people
Worcester County (MA)
The following are listed by their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Blackstone (24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blackstone Population from the 2020 Census: 9,209 people
Millerville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Millerville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millerville Millville (25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
Millville is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millville Population from the 2020 Census: 3,236 people
East Blackstone (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
East Blackstone is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Blackstone Douglas (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Douglas Population from the 2020 Census: 9,117 people
Uxbridge (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uxbridge Population from the 2020 Census: 14,352 people
East Douglas (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
East Douglas is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Douglas Linwood (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
Linwood is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linwood North Uxbridge (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
North Uxbridge is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Uxbridge South Milford (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
South Milford is located in Worcester County (MA) Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Milford
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Spencers Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Spencers Corner .
Cemeteries Near Spencers Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Spencers Corner.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know . If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Spencers Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Spencers Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #63 (Less than 2 miles to the west)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #64 (Less than 2 miles to the west)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #2 (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #3 (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #10 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #4 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #51 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Shippee Burial Yard (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #43 (Less than 2 miles to the east)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #42 (Less than 2 miles to the east)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #1 (Less than 2 miles to the west)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #9 (Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
Continue List (797 more) ...
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #55 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #54 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
East Greenwich Historical Cemetery #52 (Less than 2 miles to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Spencers Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Spencers Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Spencers Corner, with the one closest to Spencers Corner listed first.
Quidnick (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Quidnick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quidnick Anthony (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Anthony is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthony Crompton (2 miles [3.2 km] to the north)
Crompton is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crompton Washington (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
Washington is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Washington East Greenwich (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
East Greenwich is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Greenwich Cowesett (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
Cowesett is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cowesett Coventry (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
Coventry is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coventry Davisville (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
Davisville is located in Washington County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Davisville Chepiwanoxet (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
Chepiwanoxet is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chepiwanoxet Apponaug (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
Apponaug is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Apponaug Natick (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Natick is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Natick River Point (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
River Point is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for River Point Continue List (16 more) ...
Clyde (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Clyde is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clyde Phenix (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
Phenix is located in Kent County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Phenix Fiskeville (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
Fiskeville is located in Providence County Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fiskeville
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Spencers Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spencers Corner .
Newspapers Published in Spencers Corner ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) .
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 26 newspapers that have been published in the area around Spencers Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Spencers Corner, there are papers which were published within 11 miles [17.7 km]<4> Extended Newspaper List for Spencers Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Spencers Corner:
Websites specific to Rhode Island Pages specific to Kent County Genealogy information for nearby counties
Bristol County Newport County Providence County Washington County New London County Windham County Bristol County Norfolk County Worcester County Cemetery Information and Directories for Rhode Island Off-the-Road Links ...
Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Spencers Corner. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page .
The official website for State of Rhode Island: https://www.ri.gov/
Footnotes ...
<1> It's generally believed that possessive apostrophes are removed to prevent confusion on maps where the apostrophe may be confused with a cartographic symbol. While this is generally true, it's not uncommon to find possessive apostrophes in administrative names (such as towns or counties). While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. 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 Spencers Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Spencers Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.