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Spencer County
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county in Kentucky, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Kentucky
- Named after
- Spier Spencer
- Seat
- Taylorsville
- Largest city
- Taylorsville
- Judge executive
- Scott Travis (R)
- Total
- 192 sq mi (500 km )
- Land
- 187 sq mi (480 km )
- Water
- 5.0 sq mi (13 km ) 2.6%
- Estimate 2025
- 20,998
- Density
- 104/sq mi (40.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 ( Eastern )
- Summer dst
- UTC−4 ( EDT )
- Congressional districts
- 2nd , 4th
- Website
- www .spencercountyky .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Louisville metropolitan area
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Kentucky
- Contains
- Taylorsville
- Capital
- Taylorsville
- Population
- 19490
- Area
- 497
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Bullitt County
- Official website
- www.spencercountyky.gov
- Image
- Spencer County Courthouse, Taylorsville.jpg
- Households
- 6899
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Spencer County, Kentucky
- different from
- Spencer
- water as percent of area
- 2.6
- native label
- Spencer County
- Commons category
- Spencer County, Kentucky
- topic's main category
- Category:Spencer County, Kentucky
- inception
- 1824-01-07
- per capita income
- 35209
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Encyclopedic overview
Spencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the total population was 19,490. Its county seat is Taylorsville. The county was founded in 1824 and named for Spier Spencer.
Spencer County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY—IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spencer County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.