Place:Spencer, Indiana, United States

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NameSpencer
Alt namesSpencersource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates38°N 87.033°W
Located inIndiana, United States     (1818 - )
See alsoKnox, Indiana, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Contained Places
Cemetery
Hackleman Cemetery
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Sunset Hill Cemetery
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Africa
Bloomfield
Buffaloville
Centerville
Chrisney
Clay City
Dale
Enterprise
Eureka
Evanston
Fulda
Gentryville
Grandview
Hatfield
Huffman
Kennedy
Kercheval
Lake Mill
Lamar
Liberal
Lincoln City
Lincoln Pioneer Village
Mariah Hill
Maxville
Midway
Monte Cassino Shrine
New Boston
Newtonville
Patronville
Pigeon
Pueblo
Pyeattville
Reo
Richland City
Ritchie
Rockport
Sand Ridge
Santa Claus
Santa Fe
Schley
Silverdale
Spencer County Farm
St. Meinrad
Township
Carter
Clay
Grass
Hammond
Luce
Ohio
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Spencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,952. The county seat is Rockport.

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History

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Spencer County was formed in 1818 from parts of Warrick County and Perry County. It was named for Captain Spier Spencer, killed at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. He was also the namesake for Spencer, Indiana, the county seat of Owen County.

Abraham Lincoln lived in Spencer County from 1816 to 1830, between the ages of seven and twenty-one. Originally, the area his family settled in was in Perry County with Spencer County being formed almost two years later. His family moved to Illinois in 1830. The Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial is located at the site of the Lincoln family farm. In addition, the graves of his mother Nancy Lincoln and sister Sarah Lincoln Grigsby are located in Spencer County.

On December 16, 1900, two African-American men, Bud Rowlands and Jim Henderson, were lynched by the county courthouse in Rockport after being arrested as suspects in the brutal robbery and killing of a white barber at 2 am the night before. A mob estimated at 1,500 broke open the jail and took them out, hanging them from a tree by the courthouse, and shooting their bodies numerous times. John Rolla was accused by Rowlands as a suspect and also lynched. This was the second-highest number of lynchings in the state, though it pales in comparison to lynchings in Southern states.

The current Spencer County courthouse was built in 1921. It is the fifth courthouse to serve the county.

County attractions include the town of Santa Claus, Holiday World & Splashin' Safari, and Santa's Candy Castle.

Saint Meinrad Archabbey is located at the northeastern corner of Spencer County.

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1818 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1818 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1818 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1818 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1820 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1830 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1882 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1820 1,882
1830 3,196
1840 6,305
1850 8,616
1860 14,556
1870 17,998
1880 22,122
1890 22,060
1900 22,407
1910 20,676
1920 18,400
1930 16,713
1940 16,211
1950 16,174
1960 16,074
1970 17,134
1980 19,361
1990 19,490
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Cemeteries

Cemeteries of Spencer County, Indiana, United States

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External links

www.ingenweb.org/spencer

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