Editing Spencerville, Ohio (section)

==History==
Spencerville was platted in 1844 when the [[Miami and Erie Canal]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|title=History of Allen County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.|url=https://archive.org/details/historyallencou00leesgoog|year=1885|publisher=Warner, Beers & Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyallencou00leesgoog/page/n539 546]}}</ref> The village was named after William Spencer, a canal planner.<ref>{{cite book|last=Overman|first=William Daniel|title=Ohio Town Names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015015361465;view=1up;seq=145|year=1958|publisher=Atlantic Press|location=Akron, OH|page=129}}</ref>  An early variant name was Acadia.<ref>{{cite book|last=Rusler|first=William|title=A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development|url=https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01rusl|year=1921|publisher=American Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/standardhistoryo01rusl/page/350 350]}}</ref> A post office called Acadia was established in 1854, and the name was changed to Spencerville in 1867.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OH&county=Allen | title=Allen County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref>