{"id":4201,"date":"2023-06-18T20:47:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T20:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4201"},"modified":"2026-08-20T19:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T19:23:49","slug":"spencer-county-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/spencer-county-kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencer County, Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spencer County is a county in Kentucky, United States, on the northern edge of the Bluegrass Region between Louisville and Frankfort. It had a population of 19,490 at the 2020 census and covers 187 square miles (480 km2) of land centred near 38\u00b002\u2032N 85\u00b019\u2032W.<\/p>\n

Taylorsville is the county seat, and its postal code is 40071. The county has one incorporated city, one census-designated place, and a handful of unincorporated communities. Kentucky counties do not use a civil-township system, so Spencer County is administered as a single unit. The county sits in the Eastern time zone and is part of the Louisville\/Jefferson County, KY–IN Combined Statistical Area.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Spencer County<\/h2>\n

Spencer County has one incorporated city — the county seat, Taylorsville — plus one census-designated place (Elk Creek) and several unincorporated crossroads communities. “CDP” below means Census-Designated Place, a populated area the Census Bureau tracks without formal city government; “Unincorp.” means an unincorporated community with no separate municipal government or 2020 census count of its own.<\/p>\n

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Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Taylorsville<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elk Creek<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40071<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crenshaw<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Mount<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mount Eden<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n40046<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Normandy<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rivals<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wakefield<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waterford<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wilsonville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yoder<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Mount Eden straddles the Spencer–Nelson county line; the community’s core and its ZIP code are treated here as Spencer County, in line with its historical center of gravity.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n