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History · Spruce Hill Township

Spruce Hill Township’s post office opened in 1870, and 28% of its homes were built before 1940

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How Spruce Hill Township began

When was Spruce Hill Township founded?

1870

The Spruce Hill Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Spruce Hill (1870), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 462156 years
Founding year: the first Spruce Hill Township post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Spruce Hill Township’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

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The story

How Spruce Hill Township came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Spruce Hill Township.

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Spruce Hill Township was organized in 1875, and named for the spruce trees which grow upon the hills within its borders.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and burying grounds

Another post office, Spruce Hill, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Rose CitySpruce Center
3cemeteries and burying grounds inside Spruce Hill Township
Free ChurchScribbnerSpruce Hill

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Miltona TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBelle River TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townEastern TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its townBurleene TownshipIts storynot graded: under 1,000 residents or part of its town

Questions about Spruce Hill Township’s history

What year was Spruce Hill Township founded?

The Spruce Hill Township post office opened in 1870, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.