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Welcome to Spraberry ...

Spraberry is located in Big Bend Country (West Texas).

Spraberry is located in Midland County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spraberry, you might consider that their post office opened in 1952.

Spraberry is 2,630 feet [802 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Spraberry is ½ mile above sea level.

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

Area Code for Spraberry: 432

Communities near Spraberry ...

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

  • Midland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Stanton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
  • Greenwood
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Greenwood is located in Midland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenwood
  • Garden City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
  • Midkiff
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Lenorah
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
  • Tarzan
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
  • Webb Village
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Webb Village is located in Howard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webb Village
  • Big Spring
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Forsan
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spraberry ...

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

Adding Spraberry to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Spraberry post office opened in 1952. The Spraberry post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spraberry.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Texas' counties, including Midland, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Spraberry - 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/