Editing Spencer, Indiana (section)

==History==
Spencer was [[plat]]ted in 1820, and named for Captain [[Spier Spencer]], who fell at the [[Battle of Tippecanoe]], after whom [[Spencer County, Indiana|Spencer County]] is also named.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_1VLWAAAAMAAJ | title=Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical | publisher=F.A. Battey & Company | author=Blanchard, Charles | year=1884 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_1VLWAAAAMAAJ/page/n641 665]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Spencer since 1821.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Owen&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Owen County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=September 21, 2015}}</ref> The current building was constructed with New Deal funds in 1938.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Post Office - Spencer IN|url=https://livingnewdeal.org/locations/post-office-spencer-in/|access-date=January 4, 2021|website=Living New Deal|language=en-US}}</ref>

The [[Allison-Robinson House]], [[David Enoch Beem House]], [[Owen County Courthouse (Indiana)|Owen County Courthouse]], [[Spencer Public Library]], and [[Spencer Town Hall and Fire Station]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

Downtown events include Christmas at the Square, Apple Butter Festival, and the Rev20 Christian Music Festival.