What is "speers"

Population (2000): 1241
Housing Units (2000): 561
Land area (2000): 0.965721 sq. miles (2.501207 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.124749 sq. miles (0.323099 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.090470 sq. miles (2.824306 sq. km)
FIPS code: 72736
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.122248 N, 79.880439 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
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