Volume 12 , Issue 31

Spencer, Oklahoma

Spencer, Oklahoma was established in 1903 and is a historic community located just East of the North Canadian River. Spencer is approximately ten miles from downtown Oklahoma City and borders the City of Nicoma Park to the East and the City of Midwest City to the South.

The region where Spencer was developed was opened to settlement in the Land Run of 1889. Louis F. and Henry W. Kramer, businessmen originally from Spencer County, Indiana, who first arrived in Guthrie in 1889 and then to Oklahoma City.

It was originally an agricultural area. Spencer grew after World War II with the nearby General Motors Assembly Plant and Tinker Air Force Base offering employment.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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