Spruce, Missouri

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Spruce is an unincorporated community in northeast Bates County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. [1] The community is on Missouri Route H approximately ten miles east of Butler. The headwaters of South Deepwater Creek flow past the south side of the community. [2]

Spruce was laid out in 1881, and named after a nearby post office of the same name. [3] The Spruce post office closed in 1957. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spruce, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 42 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on 24 June 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

Coordinates: 38°15′59″N94°08′00″W / 38.26639°N 94.13333°W / 38.26639; -94.13333



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