Local events in Spencerville
Spencerville itself has 2 events posted in the next 90 days; the others here are within 20 miles. All local events in Spencerville
Checked October 20; the events page is refreshed daily.
How Spencerville began
Spencerville was platted in 1845-46 by Conover, McConnell and Tyler of Dayton on the Miami and Erie Canal, which had reached the site in 1844, and was named for Colonel Spencer, a member of the state Board of Public Works and a promoter of the canal system. It absorbed the older, abandoned settlement of Hartford nearby and grew as a lumber, milling and stone-quarrying town through the canal and then railroad era, with the Erie's depot still standing today. It remains the largest village in southwestern Allen County, its Main Street built along the old canal route.
Settled 1833 (first permanent settlements in the vicinity), platted 1845-46, by Conover, McConnell and Tyler of Dayton, Ohio.
Where the name comes from
Spencerville was named for Colonel Spencer, a member of the Ohio Board of Public Works in 1848 and an ardent supporter of the state's canal-building program; Spencer Township, in which the village sits, carries the same name. An earlier post office at the site was called Acadia, established in 1854 before the village took the Spencerville name in 1867.
Before the town
No Native American site, village or trail specific to Spencerville itself was found in the sources checked. The village lies in the far southwest of Allen County, well south and west of the Hog Creek Shawnee reservation that covered Shawnee Township; no source consulted placed a documented Native site this far southwest in the county.
Timeline
- — Captain Beardsley surveys the area that becomes Spencer Township.
- — Permanent settlement begins in the township, with the older settlement of Hartford established nearby.
- — The Miami and Erie Canal is opened for traffic through the area, forming the township's eastern boundary.
- — Conover, McConnell and Tyler of Dayton plat Spencerville village on the canal; the older Hartford settlement is abandoned as residents relocate to the new town.
- — Spencer Township is formally organized, combining portions of Salem and Jennings townships (then in Van Wert County); named for Colonel Spencer of the state Board of Public Works.
- — August 1: The Methodist Episcopal Church organizes at Spencerville with 70 of its 170 circuit members.
- — A post office opens under the name Acadia.
- — St. Patrick's Catholic Church congregation forms; a log chapel is consecrated in 1860, replaced by the present church building in 1876.
- — The post office and village are renamed from Acadia to Spencerville.
- — The Christian Church congregation is founded on March 31.
- — July: A narrow-gauge railroad reaches Spencerville, the village's first rail line.
- — The Chicago & Atlantic Railroad reaches Spencerville, four years after the narrow-gauge line.
- — A new K-12 school facility opens at Spencerville.
Stories
A village built to replace another
Before there was a Spencerville, there was Hartford, a settlement founded not long after Captain Beardsley's 1819 survey of the area and the first permanent community in what became Spencer Township. Hartford never had the advantage Spencerville would: when the Miami and Erie Canal reached the area in 1844, three Dayton men -- Conover, McConnell and Tyler -- platted their new town directly on the waterway rather than at Hartford's inland site. The choice settled the matter. Residents of Hartford relocated to the canal town over the following years, and the older settlement was abandoned outright, leaving Spencerville as the only town in the township's southern half.
Two names in twenty years
The village that became Spencerville carried a different name for its first years on the map. When its post office opened in 1854, it was registered as Acadia, and residents used that name through the Civil War era. Only in 1867 -- the same year its Christian Church congregation organized -- was the post office and, with it, the village renamed Spencerville, honoring Colonel Spencer, the state Board of Public Works member whose advocacy for the canal system had shaped the town's location and fortune in the first place. The rebranding stuck for good; unlike Acadia, Spencerville has kept its name for a century and a half since.
Photographs
Photo: Mitchazenia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Local history sources: ohiogenealogyexpress.com · en.wikipedia.org · en.wikipedia.org · commons.wikimedia.org
Water
Mostly private wells The water here
- Spencerville Village100% of residentsGroundwater wells (3 wells)
Hospitals, fire stations and more
Inside Spencerville's boundary: 1 nursing home, 1 fire or EMS station, 3 public schools, 1 poor-rated bridge, 1 police station, 3 Toxics Release Inventory facilities and 1 spill case. Press a pin or a name for its whole record and its source.
Nursing homes (1)
-
Roselawn Manor5 of 5 stars · Spencerville
- Address
- 420 East Fourth Street, Spencerville, OH 45887
- Certified beds
- 49
- Residents on an average day
- 45
- Medicare overall rating
- 5 of 5 stars
- Health inspections
- 4 of 5 stars
- Staffing
- 3 of 5 stars
- Quality measures
- 5 of 5 stars
- Penalties since 2023
- none
- Ownership
- For profit - Corporation
- Chain
- HCF MANAGEMENT
- Takes
- Medicare and Medicaid
- Phone
- (419) 647-4115
- Medicare ID
- 365744
Medicare Care Compare ↗ CMS nursing home data (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: CMS Care Compare nursing home provider and penalties files; Medicare star ratings run 1 to 5.
Fire and EMS stations (1)
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Invincible Fire DepartmentSpencerville
- Address
- 204 South Canal Street, Spencerville, OH 45887
- Coordinates
- 40.70660, -84.35600
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures (most Ohio records last updated 2019 to 2022), checked against the Columbus and Cleveland station lists. The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction and mutual aid, not by distance.
Public schools (3)
-
Spencerville Elementary School5 of 5 stars · Spencerville
- Address
- 2500 Wisher Dr, Spencerville, OH 45887
- School district
- Spencerville Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 369
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 20
- Report card, 2025-26
- 5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 90.6%
- Ohio building IRN
- 035337
- NCES school ID
- 390458002348
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Spencerville High School3.5 of 5 stars · Spencerville
- Address
- 2500 Wisher Dr, Spencerville, OH 45887
- School district
- Spencerville Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 358
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 15
- Report card, 2025-26
- 3.5 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 83.2%
- Four-year graduation rate
- 100%
- Ohio building IRN
- 035345
- NCES school ID
- 390458002349
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
-
Spencerville Middle School4 of 5 stars · Spencerville
- Address
- 2500 Wisher Dr, Spencerville, OH 45887
- School district
- Spencerville Local School District
- Kind (NCES)
- Regular School
- Students, 2023-24
- 291
- Teachers (full-time equivalent)
- 15
- Report card, 2025-26
- 4 of 5 stars
- Performance index
- 86.9%
- Ohio building IRN
- 061960
- NCES school ID
- 390458002350
NCES school record ↗ Ohio School Report Card ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: NCES EDGE public school locations 2024-25 and Common Core of Data 2023-24 (type, students, teachers); Ohio School Report Cards 2025-26 (Department of Education and Workforce), matched by name within the district.
Bridges rated poor (1)
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Elm Street over Rider DitchPoor · built 1940
- Condition
- Poor: a deck, superstructure, substructure or culvert rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale
- What it is
- Bridge
- Built
- 1940
- Length
- 7 ft
- Owner
- City
- Vehicles a day
- 100
- Coordinates
- 40.71231, -84.35590
National Bridge Inventory (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: FHWA National Bridge Inventory 2025. "Poor" means one major part rated 4 or below on the 0 to 9 scale; it calls for repair, not closing, unless the state posts or closes the bridge.
Police stations (1)
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Spencerville Police DepartmentSpencerville
- Address
- 116 South Broadway, Spencerville, OH 45887
- Coordinates
- 40.70713, -84.35453
USGS National Map structures (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: USGS National Map structures, police stations, corrected and completed by hand (September 2026). The department that answers a call is set by jurisdiction, not by distance.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (3)
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Hayes-Albion Corp Trim Trends DivToxics Release Inventory · Spencerville
- Address
- 517 N. Broadway St., Spencerville, OH 45887
- County
- Allen County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 45887HRVRD517NB
- EPA registry ID
- 110000395992
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Innocor Foam Technologies - Acp IncToxics Release Inventory · Spencerville
- Address
- 200 E North St, Spencerville, OH 45887
- County
- Allen County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 45887FLXBLBAILE
- EPA registry ID
- 110043570640
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
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Ohio Decorative Products LlcToxics Release Inventory · Spencerville
- Address
- 220 South Elizabeth Street, Spencerville, OH 45887
- County
- Allen County
- Status
- Reports to the Toxics Release Inventory (active)
- EPA program ID
- 45887HDCRT220SE
- EPA registry ID
- 110000814753
EPA facility record ↗ EPA Facility Registry Service (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: EPA Facility Registry Service, Toxics Release Inventory reporters. Reporting a release is required of large users of listed chemicals; it is not by itself a violation.
Spills reported since 2021 (1)
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Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)2025-11-14 · Spencerville
- Reported
- 2025-11-14
- What spilled
- Fuel Diesel / Diesel Fuel (Vehicle On Or Off Road)
- Where
- Spencerville, Allen County
- Ohio EPA district office
- NWDO
- Ohio EPA case number
- 2511EPA0001862
Ohio EPA spill reports (source) ↗ Street map and directions ↗
Source: Ohio EPA emergency response spill reports, 2021 to September 2026, one point per case where Ohio EPA placed it. A report is what the caller or responder recorded; amounts are often blank or estimated.
Its ZIP codes
Each ZIP code that touches Spencerville, with the share of its residents who live here and the same headline figures as the ZIP page.
| ZIP | Share | Water | Radon | Home value | Schools | Flood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45887 Spencerville | 47% | Mostly private wells | 4.8 pCi/L average radon | Appraisal records without year built | Spencerville Local · 4 stars overall | 2.9% of residents in the 1% floodplain |
Local government
How its elections and ballot issues came out and the state auditor's record.
Elections for office
| Date | Office | Candidates and votes |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-07 | Member of Council | Bethany Bennett 276, 47.42%; Phillip Jay Briggs 274, 47.08%; WRITE-IN 32, 5.5% |
| 2015-11-03 | Mayor | P.J. Johnson 438, 100.0% |
| 2015-11-03 | Clerk-Treasurer | Dawn R. Bailey 433, 100.0% |
Winners in bold. Results from the county board of elections' official canvass unless marked. The county's results on file run through 2017-11-07; later elections are not loaded yet.
Auditor of State record
- No fiscal caution, watch or emergency on the Auditor of State's lists.
- Financial Audit, 2023 to 2024, released 2026-05-14
On the November 3, 2026 ballot
Statewide question: State Issue 3: Voter ID
Local questions for Spencerville, Allen County and its school district:
- Spencerville Local School District: Renews a 1% income tax for the current expenses of Spencerville Local School District for 5 years, beginning in 2028.
Races, candidates and every question for an address: your ballot. County offices and judges are on your county board's sample ballot.
The county
Allen County: 13 ZIP codes, 26 cities, villages and townships with pages here, 100,881 people (Census Bureau estimate, July 2025).
Nearby places
Rain and snow
How much has actually fallen on Spencerville, day by day, from 1893 to now. Daily totals, not averages.
- rain, last 30 days
- 0.79 in
- 2026-10-02 to 2026-10-31
- rain so far in 2026
- 40.9 in
- 6.3 in above normal for the date
- snow so far in 2026
- 15.9 in
- a normal year brings 22.7 in
- a normal year
- 40.3 in
- average of 30 years, 1991-2020
| Month | Rain (in) | Snow (in) | Days counted |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | 0.79 | — | 31 |
| September 2026 | 6.52 | — | 30 |
| August 2026 | 8.81 | — | 31 |
| July 2026 | 3.43 | — | 31 |
| June 2026 | 4.49 | — | 30 |
| May 2026 | 4.64 | — | 31 |
| April 2026 | 5.87 | — | 30 |
| March 2026 | 4.46 | 0.8 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 0.68 | 3.8 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 1.22 | 11.4 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 1.89 | 7.2 | 31 |
| November 2025 | 1.54 | 5.6 | 30 |
| Wettest year (estimated) | 2011 — 55.7 in |
|---|---|
| Driest year (estimated) | 1963 — 23.0 in |
| Snowiest year (estimated) | 1982 — 53.1 in |
| Wettest day (estimated) | 8 September 2020 — 3.24 in |
| Heaviest snowfall in a day (estimated) | 26 November 1950 — 11.73 in |
| Deepest snow on the ground (estimated) | 2 March 1912 — 37.99 in |
Mostly estimated. Only 2% of these days come from a gauge standing inside Spencerville - the rest are worked out from the nearest gauges around it, so read them as close estimates rather than readings.
48,864 days of records, 1893-01-01 to 2026-10-31. Source: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily, 3,240 gauges in and around Ohio. A day is "gauged" when a gauge standing inside the boundary reported it, and the value is the mean of those gauges. Otherwise it is interpolated by inverse distance from every gauge reporting within 50 miles. Nothing is carried forward, back-filled or smoothed. Against NOAA nClimDiv county monthly precipitation over 136,848 complete county-months (checked 2026-11-02): correlation 0.9515, median absolute difference 0.217 in a month. Built 2026-11-02 from the Cracked Buckeye precipitation archive. Snow is the softer number — snowfall is measured by hand with a ruler, no agency publishes a gridded county snowfall series, and blowing snow defeats every observer.
Environmental permits and filings
What Ohio EPA has on file for Spencerville: permits, inspections, violations, cleanups and the state loans behind sewer and water work. Every line links to the agency's own document.
- facilities and sites on file
- 23
- those placed on the map inside Spencerville
| Program | Facilities and sites |
|---|---|
| Hazardous waste | 4 |
| State water loans | 4 |
| Air pollution | 2 |
| Brownfield | 2 |
| Contaminated-site cleanup | 2 |
| Voluntary cleanup | 2 |
| Wastewater and stormwater discharge | 2 |
| Cessation Of Regulated Operations | 1 |
| Medical waste | 1 |
| Public drinking water | 1 |
| Sewer and water-line construction | 1 |
| State sewer loans | 1 |
| Date | Facility or site | What |
|---|---|---|
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| SPENCERVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PWS | Public drinking water compliance letter | |
| SPENCERVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PWS | Public drinking water report | |
| SPENCERVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PWS | Public drinking water notice of violation | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste assessment | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste assessment | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste assessment | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Contaminated-site cleanup assessment | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste inspection | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste report | |
| SPENCERVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PWS | Public drinking water plan | |
| SPENCERVILLE WATER TREATMENT PLANT PWS | Public drinking water inspection | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste assessment | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste plan | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste assessment | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste assessment | |
| OHIO DECORATIVE PRODUCTS LLC | Hazardous waste compliance letter |
Source: Ohio EPA eDocument portal (edocpub.epa.ohio.gov), indexed 2026-10-14. Facilities are placed on the map from Ohio EPA's own map layers, EPA's Facility Registry, coordinates written in the filings, or a geocoded street address. A permit filed under a private person's name (most are household septic systems) is counted but never named, placed or linked; licenses for individual workers and open-burning notices are left out entirely.
Quick answers
What county is Spencerville, Ohio in?
Spencerville is a village in Allen County, Ohio, with 2,198 residents.
When was Spencerville, Ohio founded?
Spencerville was settled 1833 (first permanent settlements in the vicinity); laid out 1845-46. Founders on record: Conover, McConnell and Tyler of Dayton, Ohio. Source
How did Spencerville, Ohio get its name?
Spencerville was named for Colonel Spencer, a member of the Ohio Board of Public Works in 1848 and an ardent supporter of the state's canal-building program; Spencer Township, in which the village sits, carries the same name. Source
What ZIP code is Spencerville, Ohio?
Most of Spencerville is in ZIP code 45887.
Where does Spencerville, Ohio get its water?
The main water source for Spencerville (Spencerville Village): Mostly private wells.
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