Welcome to Spencer ...

So far, we found very little information about Spencer. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Spencer to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Spencer - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Spencer, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Spencer , we believe that it would have been located within present day Lorain County<2>.

The pronunciation of Spencer: SPEHN-sir<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Spencer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1846.

Time Zone: The area where Spencer was located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Spencer was located: 440 & 436<4>

Communities Also Named Spencer ...

While we believe that this Spencer is located in Lorain County, we know of another 3 Ohio communities named Spencer. Those communities are located in the following counties: Lucas, Medina and Muskingum County.

Beyond Ohio, there are 35 communities that are also named Spencer - they are located in Alabama (2), Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (3), Kentucky (2), Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, North Carolina (2), Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spencer.

Websites for Spencer ...

Chamber of Commerce: www.loraincountychamber.com/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Spencer, the following might be of interest:

Adding Spencer to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Spencer in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Spencer was in the book titled U.S. Post Offices (Oct. 1846).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Spencer.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Lorain County: www.loraincounty.us

The official website for State of Ohio: https://ohio.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Spencer, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Ohio's counties, including Lorain, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	The pronunciation we've provided is our attempt to give a phonetic pronunciation for Spencer. While it might not be exactly right, hopefully it will be close. If we have it wrong or there's a better way to pronounce the name, please contact us through our Feedback Page.
<4>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 440 code has been Overlayed with the 436 area code. New phone numbers in the Spencer area will be assigned with one of these codes: 440 or 436. As a result, placing a call in the Spencer area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).