page_title: Spencer County, Kentucky
hierarchical_section_title: Spencer County, Kentucky
context_page_description: Spencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,061. Its county seat is Taylorsville. The county was founded in 1824 and named for Spier Spencer.
  Spencer County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  Taylorsville Lake, located primarily within Spencer County, serves as a major economic resource for the area. Spencer was a dry county until 2009 when the county's residents voted to overturn the ban on alcohol sales. From 2000 to 2005, Spencer County ranked 19th out of all U.S. counties in percent growth, with a 33% increase.
context_section_description: Spencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 17,061. Its county seat is Taylorsville. The county was founded in 1824 and named for Spier Spencer.
  Spencer County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
  Taylorsville Lake, located primarily within Spencer County, serves as a major economic resource for the area. Spencer was a dry county until 2009 when the county's residents voted to overturn the ban on alcohol sales. From 2000 to 2005, Spencer County ranked 19th out of all U.S. counties in percent growth, with a 33% increase.
caption: Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky