Spencer County, Kentucky Basics:


Spencer County Kentucky - Government Site

Population: 17,432
Area: 187 square miles
County seat: Taylorsville
Area code(s) in use: 502
Time zone: EST
High school graduate or higher: 86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%
Median household income: $62,652
Persons in poverty: 7.0%
Home ownership rate: 86.6%
Mean travel time to work: 33.2 minutes


Adjacent counties:
Anderson  Bullitt  Jefferson  Nelson  Shelby  

Find in Kentucky

Map of the Spencer County area


Our detail map of Spencer County shows the Spencer County, Kentucky boundary lines and other interesting items.

Places in Spencer County, Kentucky

  Airports     show all on map

Little Mount International Airport, Mason Valley Airport

  Bends     show all on map

Horseshoe Bend

  Buildings     show all on map

Mount Eden Fire Department, Spencer County Ambulance Service, Spencer County Fire Protection District Station 1 Headquarters, Spencer County Fire Protection District Station 2, Spencer County Fire Protection District Station 3, Spencer County Fire Protection District Station 4, Spencer County Fire Protection District Station 5, Spencer County Fire Protection District Station 6, Taylorsville Fire Department

  Cemeteries     show all on map

Hunters Cemetery, Ingram Cemetery, Little Mount Cemetery, Rogers Cemetery, Valley Cemetery

  Census     show all on map

Elk Creek Census Designated Place

  Churches     show all on map

Ashes Creek Church, Ashes Creek Union Church (historical), Bethlehem Church, Carrithers Chapel, Little Mount Baptist Church (historical), Little Union Church, Mount Zion Church, Plum Creek Baptist Church, Riverview Church, Upper Brier Ridge, Waterford Reform Church (historical)

  Cliffs     show all on map

Snyder Bluff

  Crossings     show all on map

Downs Ford (historical), Formans Ford (historical), Houston Ford (historical), Lucas Ford (historical), Watson Ford (historical)

  Lakes     show all on map

Wakefield Pond

  Locales     show all on map

Bucks Creek Farm, Edward Marshalls Mill (historical), Oberlies Railroad Station (historical), Parkers Cove, Silo Farms, Taylorsville Lake State Park Campground, Van Dykes Mill (historical), Wakefield Railroad Station (historical), Yoder Railroad Station (historical)

  Parks     show all on map

Ray Jewell Memorial Park

  Populated Places     show all on map

Crenshaw, Elk Creek, Leatherwoods Settlement (historical), Little Mount, Mount Eden, Normandy, Rivals, Riverhill Farm (historical), Taylorsville, Wakefield, Waterford, Wilsonville, Yoder, Zion (historical)

  Post Offices     show all on map

Briar Ridge Church Post Office (historical), Colross Post Office (historical), Crenshaw Post Office (historical), Elk Creek Post Office (historical), Howster Post Office (historical), Hugo Post Office (historical), Little Mount Post Office (historical), Loveville Post Office (historical), Normandy Post Office (historical), Rivals Post Office (historical), Smileytown Post Office (historical), Snider Post Office (historical), Wakefield Post Office (historical), Waterford Post Office (historical), Wilsonville Post Office (historical)

  Reservoirs     show all on map

Taylorsville Lake

  Ridges     show all on map

Brier Ridge, Possum Ridge

  Schools     show all on map

Cook School (historical), Culpepper School (historical), Elk Creek Seminary (historical), Elk Hill School (historical), Fairview School (historical), Forman School (historical), Gray School (historical), Hickory Ridge School (historical), Little Mount School (historical), Locust Gove School (historical), Martin School (historical), McGee School (historical), Oak Grove School (historical), Pleasant Valley School (historical), Riverside School (historical), School Number Fifteen (historical), School Number Five (historical), School Number Seven (historical), School Number Seventeen (historical), School Number Sixteen (historical), School Number Thirty-Two (historical), School Number Three (historical), School Number Twenty-Six (historical), Sullivan School (historical), Wakefield School (historical), Walker School, Wayside School (historical)

  Springs     show all on map

Goodwin Spring (historical), Willow Spring (historical)

  Streams     show all on map

Ashes Creek, Beech Creek, Big Springs Branch, Blue Stone Creek, Bowman Creek, Brashears Creek, Buck Creek, Camp Branch, Candy Branch, Chadbourn Branch, Doe Run, Dutchman Branch, Dutchman Creek, Elk Creek, Elk Creek, Goose Creek, Grays Run, Heddy Run, Jacks Creek, Lily Branch, Little Beech Creek, Little Beech Creek, Little Dutchman Creek, Little Plum Creek, Millers Run, Mitchell Run, Plum Creek, Pond Run Creek, Powell Run, Raymond Greer Run, Simpson Creek, Snake Run, Stillhouse Branch, Tenmile Creek, Thatcher Branch, Timber Creek

  Summits     show all on map

Anderson Hill, Blacks Hill, Elk Hill

  Valleys     show all on map

Feather Bed Hollow, Poverty Hollow, Stoney Hollow,

Spencer County, Kentucky Population By Race (2012 estimate)

RacePopulation
WhiteSpencer County White population 16,78716,787  
BlackSpencer County Black population 296296
MixedSpencer County Mixed population 227226
AsianSpencer County Asian population 7069
American IndianSpencer County American Indian population 3534
Hawaiian & Pacific IslanderSpencer County Hawaiian & Pacific Islander population 1717

Additional population tables :
State population table
Kentucky population by county