Spencer (town), New York

Spencer is a town in Tioga County, New York, United States. The population was 3,153 at the 2010 census. The town and its primary village are named after Ambrose Spencer.

The Town of Spencer is on the western border of the county and is south of Ithaca, New York. Inside the town is the Village of Spencer. The village of Candor borders the town to the east and south east, with Waverly to the southwest, Van Etten to the west, Danby to the North.

Residents are most likely to go to the Spencer-Van Etten Central School district. The mascot is the Panther, with red, black, and silver colors. They are the 2001 soccer state champions and 1994 volleyball champions. The largest rivalry is between the Candor Indians, in which Spencer is clearly the leader. The football rivalry championship, is the Jug Game, in which Candor had a 10-year run.

The land for the town was purchased in 1791 and settlement began in 1794. When the town was organized in 1806 from the Town of Tioga (the Old Town of Owego), it contained territory that is now in more newly organized towns: Candor (1811), Caroline (1811), Danby (1811), Newfield (1811), and Cayuta (1824) in Tioga and other counties.

The Halsey Valley Grand Army of the Republic Meeting Hall was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 49.9 square miles (129.2 km²), of which, 49.5 square miles (128.3 km²) of it is land and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km²) of it (0.68%) is water.

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