Welcome to Spruce ...Spruce is located in Pocahontas County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Spruce, you might consider that their post office opened in 1902. Spruce is 3,860 feet [1,177 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Spruce is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level. Time Zone: Spruce lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Spruce: 304 & 681<3> Communities Also Named Spruce ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two West Virginia communities named Spruce: This one is located in Pocahontas County and the other is located in Upshur County. Beyond West Virginia, there are 14 communities that are also named Spruce - they are located in California, Colorado, Manitoba, Michigan (3), Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania (3) and Wisconsin. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spruce. Communities near Spruce ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spruce.
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 Spruce. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spruce. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spruce. 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 Spruce. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spruce. See our Newspapers Page for Spruce. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spruce ...Looking for more information about Spruce? 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 Spruce, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Spruce. Adding Spruce to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Spruce 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 Spruce was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5> For more details, see References and Mentions for Spruce. Footnotes ...
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