Spencer, Nebraska is a village in Boyd County, Nebraska. Population was 455 at the 2010 census.
A Brief History of Spencer
Taken from the book "Spencer and Surrounding Area History Book: Home For One Hundred Years 1891 - 1991".
Spencer is in an area that was once part of the Dakota Territory, which itself was once part of the original Territory of Nebraska. In 1890, transfer of Boyd County from Dakota Territory to the Territory of Nebraska was proclaimed because of a request to straighten the Nebraska-Dakota line. Boyd County was officially proclaimed a county in Nebraska in 1891.
Situated on a beautiful elevation that rises gradually from Ponca Creek, very near the geographical center of the country, the location for Spencer was chosen to utilize the water available from the creek. The corporation includes 160 acres and was named for an army captain of one of the original men who platted the town. Spencer was incorporated March 5, 1892.
The school district was organized in the fall of 1891, with the post office and the town's first church being established that same year. The railroad came to Spencer in the fall of 1902. An electric light system was installed in 1911, with sewer system and paving following in 1920.
The book contains quite a bit of interesting information and pictures from Spencer's first hundred years; if you have a chance to check it out, it's a really neat read!
Additional information about Boyd County history can be found here: https://boydcounty.ne.gov/webpages/about/about.html
A Brief History of Spencer
Taken from the book "Spencer and Surrounding Area History Book: Home For One Hundred Years 1891 - 1991".
Spencer is in an area that was once part of the Dakota Territory, which itself was once part of the original Territory of Nebraska. In 1890, transfer of Boyd County from Dakota Territory to the Territory of Nebraska was proclaimed because of a request to straighten the Nebraska-Dakota line. Boyd County was officially proclaimed a county in Nebraska in 1891.
Situated on a beautiful elevation that rises gradually from Ponca Creek, very near the geographical center of the country, the location for Spencer was chosen to utilize the water available from the creek. The corporation includes 160 acres and was named for an army captain of one of the original men who platted the town. Spencer was incorporated March 5, 1892.
The school district was organized in the fall of 1891, with the post office and the town's first church being established that same year. The railroad came to Spencer in the fall of 1902. An electric light system was installed in 1911, with sewer system and paving following in 1920.
The book contains quite a bit of interesting information and pictures from Spencer's first hundred years; if you have a chance to check it out, it's a really neat read!
Additional information about Boyd County history can be found here: https://boydcounty.ne.gov/webpages/about/about.html