Spencer .....Ghost Town

[Gypsy Heart]

Past Paris Springs, old Route 66 takes a jog off of State Road 96 onto County Road N to take you through the long gone town of Spencer, Missouri. Here, you’ll begin to travel on a very old piece of the original concrete road, passing a historic 1926 steel-truss bridge before you reach the remains of Spencer. Here stands a row of old business buildings sitting silent and lonely along these forgotten hills of southwest Missouri.

Spencer, Missouri is a small crossroads on former U.S. Highway 66 (now a county road) in eastern Lawrence County about six miles west of Halltown. It started as a post office founded in the late 1870's on Carthage Road, later to become US 66. A store and church were built, but in 1912 the old road became impassable and the town dwindled. When US 66 was established, the town grew again, but the building of nearby Interstate 44 closed down the town to a couple of homes.

N 37° 11.075 W 093° 42.183
15S E 437596 N 4115580

[dkw]

OK Gypsy, You're stalking me aren't you? First it was Phenix which is practically in my Father-in-laws back yard. Now it's a defunct town in my back yard. I'm scared!!!!!!!

[Gypsy Heart]

See you wont be able to get away with anything!

[dkw]

See you wont be able to get away with anything!

Well, with a wife and 3 daughters that's really nothing new. Did they put you up to this?? I think there's a vast anti-male conspiracy at work here.