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• Books by Spurlin authors · Culture strong
  A bibliography of books by authors surnamed Spurlin, from 1940s intellectual history and Texas military history to self-published fiction, compiled mainly from Open Library catalogue records.
• Fictional characters named Spurlin · Culture strong
  Characters surnamed Spurlin in novels, pulp science fiction, television and film, including an explorer in a 1942 Planet Stories tale, a politician in C. J. Cherryh's Regenesis (2009), the heroine of a 1993 romance, and minor characters on British and American screens.
• Spurlin artists on streaming platforms · Culture weak
  Recording artists named Spurlin on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services, from 1950s rockabilly reissues and a 1980s soul single to today's independent releases.
• Spurlin business and public pages on Facebook · Culture weak
  Public Facebook Pages for businesses and public-facing projects that use the Spurlin name, from sign makers, builders and funeral homes to accountants, dentists, a car-restoration shop, a farm and a musician.
• Spurlin clergy and ministries · Culture mixed
  A roundup of ministers, preachers and religious workers surnamed Spurlin, from nineteenth-century Baptist and Presbyterian pastors to present-day ministries, drawn from church histories, denominational records and local news.
• Spurlin on GitHub · Culture mixed
  A snapshot of the Spurlin name on GitHub, the code-hosting platform: dozens of user accounts and repositories, mostly personal and student projects.
• Spurlin on Reddit and online forums · Culture weak
  Where the Spurlin name comes up in online discussion: Reddit threads about Spurlin athletes, a band director and a dog breeder, long-running genealogy message boards, and a few other platforms that were checked.
• Spurlin on Wikidata · Culture strong
  The Spurlin items in Wikidata, the free knowledge base: the family-name item, places, cemeteries and notable people.
• Spurlin on Wikimedia Commons · Culture strong
  Freely licensed images on Wikimedia Commons that relate to the Spurlin name, including portraits of Ashley Spurlin and Mary Jane Spurlin.
• Spurlin podcasts and podcast hosts · Culture strong
  Podcasts hosted or co-hosted by people named Spurlin, covering workplace design, marketing, sermons and Christian encouragement, St. Louis sports, the outdoors, music, interviews and role-playing games. One similarly named show is hosted by a Spurling.
• Spurlin shops on Etsy · Culture weak
  Small handmade-goods shops on Etsy connected with the Spurlin name, among them a Georgia woodturning shop, an Alabama seller of Romanian-made porcelain urns and a Colorado art-print shop.
• Spurlington Tunnel witch legend · Culture strong
  A Kentucky folk legend says that Jesse James's gang killed a local woman, Nancy Bass, while hiding stolen treasure at the Spurlington Tunnel, and that her spirit, remembered as a witch, curses anyone who seeks the gold. Archival research shows Nancy Bass was a real Taylor County woman who probably died before the tunnel was built.
• Spurlins in athletic halls of fame · Culture strong
  A roundup of people surnamed Spurlin who have been inducted into college, county and high school athletic halls of fame, with notes on the state coaching halls and Olympic records that list no Spurlin.
• Spurlins in baseball records · Culture strong
  A roundup of the eleven baseball players surnamed Spurlin in Baseball-Reference's register of minor league, independent and college players, from two 1935 minor league first basemen to recent NCAA players. None reached the major leagues.
• Spurlins in broadcasting · Culture strong
  Radio and television work under the Spurlin name: a Boston broadcast engineer, a Kentucky call-in radio show named for Spurlin Funeral Home, and sports and gaming podcasts. Searches found no television news anchors or on-air radio hosts surnamed Spurlin.
• Spurlins in college athletics · Culture mixed
  A roundup of adult college athletes and coaches surnamed Spurlin listed on official college athletics rosters, in sports from basketball and volleyball to track and football, plus college and high school hall-of-fame inductees.
• Spurlins in film and television · Culture strong
  A roundup of on-screen and behind-the-scenes credits under the Spurlin name, from a 1930s Hollywood property man to present-day actors, producers and crew, mostly drawn from IMDb, plus fictional Spurlin characters found through IMDb's character search.
• Spurlins in fishing and golf · Culture mixed
  A roundup of Spurlins found in tournament bass fishing and amateur golf records, including co-anglers in FLW and Major League Fishing events and a 1963 U.S. Senior Amateur competitor.
• Spurlins in media and journalism · Culture strong
  A roundup of journalists, critics, writers, podcasters, broadcast engineers and online creators surnamed Spurlin with public bylines or channels.
• Spurlins in music · Culture strong
  A roundup of musicians and music credits under the Spurlin name, from 1950s rockabilly and small-label country 45s to a 1980s soul single, jazz sidemen, a Christian metal guitarist, Bill Clinton's high-school band director, a university marching band director, a record-company sales representative and present-day streaming artists.
• Spurlins in sports · Culture strong
  An overview of people surnamed Spurlin in sports: college and minor league baseball, college football, wrestling, softball and basketball coaching, with links to each article and a note of the professional leagues and databases searched.
• Spurlins on Instagram and X · Culture weak
  Public Instagram and X (Twitter) accounts connected to the Spurlin name. They belong to musicians, a chef, an athlete, a minister, a consultant and local businesses.
• Spurlins on stage · Culture strong
  Theatre, opera and dance performers surnamed Spurlin, from a soprano in Oklahoma City Lyric Theater's first season in 1963 to present-day regional musical theatre and opera. No Broadway credits were found.
• Spurlins on TikTok · Culture weak
  How the Spurlin name appears on TikTok: a scam-awareness creator account, music by a Spurlin artist offered as a sound, and a widely shared clip of a World War II veteran.
• Spurlins on YouTube · Culture weak
  An overview of public YouTube channels connected to the Spurlin name. They include music, entertainment, car-restoration, farm and podcast channels, plus many small personal channels.
• The Spurlin name outside the United States · Culture strong
  Spurlin is an overwhelmingly American surname today, with about 98% of bearers in the United States. The spelling is older than American settlement: English archives record Spurlins in Middlesex and Bristol between 1670 and 1717, and 18th-century leases name a field called 'Spurlins' in Hertfordshire. Outside the U.S. the related form Spurling is far more common.