From Early Ford County by Ida Ellen Rath:
Spearville has an interesting array of facts. It was named for Alden Speare, a Santa Fe official, and was first spelled Speareville. He was president of the Dodge City Town Company at the time of his death. In the beginning, Speareville was also known as the Dry Ridge and it had a big water tank beside the railroad. It has interesting names for streets Arch, Race, Van, and Dove, Pidgeon, Quail, Grouse, Sparrow, Wren, and Robin, among others not so unusual. Spearville is in Spearville Township.
Spearville, Kansas – City of Windmills from Dodge City and Ford County, Kansas 1870-1920 Pioneer Histories and Stories
From the 1878 Polk’s Gazetteer and Business Directory:
SPEARVILLE
A station on the Atchison, Topeka & Sante Fe Railroad, located in the extreme north of Ford county, 17 miles from Dodge City, the county seat, and 285 from Topeka. Daily mail. Settled February, 1877. Population, 50. George Hall, postmaster.
Spearville Town Company was formed on February 1, 1879.
By the time the 1884-1885 Polk’s Gazetteer and Business Directory was printed, the town’s population had grown to 250 residents.