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Welcome to Spencer ...The city of Spencer is located in Roane County<1> and is the County Seat for Roane County. While we don't have a date for the founding of Spencer, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Spencer has a population of 2,017 people<2> (see below for details). Spencer is 730 feet [223 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Spencer lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time Telephone area codes for Spencer: (304) & (681)<4> The ZIP code for Spencer: 25276<5> Websites for Spencer ...Official Website: www.cityofspencer.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Spencer had an population of 2,017 people. This is a decrease of 13.14% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 14.24% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Spencer had a population of 2,322 people (which is 15.59% of the total population of Roane County). This makes Spencer the county's most populous community. The population of Spencer represents 0.13% of the total population of West Virginia (which has 1,852,994 people), making it the state's 56th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,322 people, the population of Spencer decreased 1.28% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 2,352 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Spencer. Communities Also Named Spencer ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that 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), Ohio (4), Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Spencer. Communities near Spencer ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Spencer.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Spencer. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Spencer. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Spencer. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Spencer. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Spencer. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Spencer. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Spencer ...Looking for more information about Spencer? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Spencer, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Spencer. Adding Spencer to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Spencer in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Spencer was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Spencer in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Spencer. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Spencer: www.cityofspencer.com/ The official website for State of West Virginia: https://www.wv.gov/ Footnotes ...
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