Spalding is an unincorporated community in Ralls County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
[1] A post office called Spalding was established in 1882, and remained in operation until 1910.
[2] The community took its name from a spring near the original town site; Spalding Springs in turn had the name of Robert M. Spalding, a pioneer settler.
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