Editing Spencer County, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Spencer County was formed in January 1824, by the 32nd [[Kentucky General Assembly]]. The land that now makes up Spencer County was taken from [[Bullitt County, Kentucky|Bullitt County]], [[Shelby County, Kentucky|Shelby County]], and [[Nelson County, Kentucky|Nelson County]]. Spencer County became Kentucky's 77th county. The county was named for Kentucky's [[Spier Spencer|Captain Spier Spencer]], who fought and died in the [[Battle of Tippecanoe]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luoxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA37 |title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1 |publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society |year=1903 |pages=37}}</ref>

Later that year, in December 1824, [[Taylorsville, Kentucky|Taylorsville]] was made the county seat. In 1829, the city was incorporated.<ref name="history">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~kyspence/history.htm|title=Spencer County History}}</ref>

During the [[American Civil War]], the courthouse at Taylorsville was burned by [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] guerrillas in January 1865, but the county's records were saved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kentucky.gov/kyhs/hmdb/MarkerSearch.aspx?mode=County&county=108|title=KY:Historical Society - Historical Marker Database - Search for Markers}}</ref>