Spruce is an unincorporated community in northeast Bates County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. 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.
Spruce was laid out in 1881, and named after a nearby post office of the same name. The Spruce post office closed in 1957.
References
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Spruce, Missouri
- Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 1st ed. 1998, p. 42 ISBN 0899332242
- "Bates County Place Names, 1928-1945 (archived)". The State Historical Society of Missouri. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
| Municipalities and communities of Bates County, Missouri, United States | ||
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| County seat: Butler | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
38°15′59″N 94°08′00″W / 38.26639°N 94.13333°W / 38.26639; -94.13333
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