Spencer

Spencer is a small town in . It was founded in 1820, and covers less that 2 square miles of land. It is the seat of Owen County.
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  • Type: Village with 2,520 residents
  • Description: town in Washington Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States
  • Also known as: Spencer, IN” and “Spencer, Indiana
  • Postal code: 47460

Places of Interest

Highlights include Owen County Courthouse and David Enoch Beem House.

Courthouse
The is a historic courthouse located at Spencer, , . It was the work of Jesse Johnson and Christian Kanzler & Son and built in 1910–1911.

Historic site
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
, also known as the "Beem Mansion," is a historic home located in Spencer, . Built in 1874, the large, two-story, Italianate-style residence is named after its original owner, David Enoch Beem, a local lawyer and banker, and his family.

Historic site
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is a historic town hall and fire station located at Spencer, . It was built in 1897–1898, and is a two-story, rectangular, Romanesque Revival style limestone building with a corner bell tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southport.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , in the U.S. state of .

Spencer

Latitude
39.2867° or 39° 17′ 12″ north
Longitude
-86.7625° or 86° 45′ 45″ west
Population
2,520
Elevation
561 feet (171 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US RWQ
Open location code
86FM76PP+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153465116
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4265147
Wiki­data ID
Q1890272
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Spencer” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: سبنسر
  • Basque: Spencer
  • Catalan: Spencer
  • Cebuano: Spencer (kapital sa kondado sa Estados Unidos, Indiana)
  • Cebuano: Spencer
  • Chechen: Спенсер
  • Chinese: Spencer
  • Chinese: 斯潘塞 (印地安納州)
  • Chinese: 斯潘塞
  • Dutch: Spencer
  • French: Spencer
  • German: Spencer
  • Gilaki: اسپنسر (اينديانا)
  • Gilaki: اسپنسر
  • Haitian: Spencer, Indiana
  • Haitian: Spencer
  • Hungarian: Spencer
  • Italian: Spencer
  • Japanese: スペンサー
  • Ladin: Spencer
  • Malay: Spencer, Indiana
  • Malay: Spencer
  • Mazanderani: اسپنسر
  • Min Nan Chinese: Spencer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Spencer
  • Norwegian: Spencer
  • Polish: Spencer
  • Portuguese: Spencer
  • Russian: Спенсер (Индиана)
  • Russian: Спенсер
  • Serbian: Spencer
  • Serbian: Спенсер
  • Serbo-Croatian: Spencer, Indiana
  • Serbo-Croatian: Spencer
  • Slovenian: Spencer
  • South Azerbaijani: ایسپنسر، ایندیانا
  • Spanish: Spencer (Indiana)
  • Spanish: Spencer
  • Swedish: Spencer, Indiana
  • Swedish: Spencer
  • Tatar: Спенсер
  • Ukrainian: Спенсер
  • Uzbek: Spencer
  • Volapük: Spencer

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Spencer”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.