Spencer is positioned in New York Spencer - Spencer Spencer is a town in Tioga County, New York, United States.

The town and its major village are titled after Ambrose Spencer.

The Town of Spencer is on the 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.

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.

According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town has a total region of 49.9 square miles (129.2 km ), of which, 49.5 square miles (128.3 km ) of it is territory and 0.3 square miles (0.9 km ) of it (0.68%) is water.

The town line is the border of Chemung County and the northern town line is the border of Tompkins County.

Conjoined New York State Route 34 and New York State Route 96 divide at Spencer village.

In the town, the populace was spread out with 28.7% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 30.3% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older.

The median income for a homehold in the town was $37,432, and the median income for a family was $41,025.

Crum Town A hamlet in the northeast part of the town.

Spencer The Village of Spencer is centrally positioned in the town.

North Spencer (formerly "Huggtown") A hamlet in the northwest part of the town on NY-34 and NY-96.

Spencer Lake a small lake southeast of North Spencer.

West Branch of Catatonk Creek A stream flowing from Spencer lake past Spencer Village.

West Candor A hamlet by the east town line on NY-96.

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