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Welcome to Spot ...

Spot is located in Hickman County<1>.

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

Spot is 560 feet [171 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Spot lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Spot: 931

Communities Also Named Spot ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Spot - it's located in North Carolina.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spot.

Communities near Spot ...

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

  • Dickson
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Pigeon Roost
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Pigeon Roost is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pigeon Roost
    • Estimated population in 2014: 6,132 people
  • Waverly
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Centerville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • McEwen
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • McEwen is located in Humphreys County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McEwen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,743 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for McEwen <3>
  • Burns
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
    • Burns is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burns
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,550 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Burns <3>
  • Graytown
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Graytown is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Graytown
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,528 people
  • Water Valley ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Water Valley is located in Dickson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Valley
    • Estimated population in 2014: 1,516 people
  • Bon Aqua Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Bon Aqua Junction is located in Hickman County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bon Aqua Junction
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 1,230 people
  • Lobelville
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spot ...

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

Adding Spot to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spot 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 Spot was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Spot post office opened in 1901. The Spot post office closed in 1918.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spot.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Hickman, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spot - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>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/