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is a town in Van Buren County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,713 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Van Buren County.
Spencer is located at (35.743740, -85.458408). The town is situated at the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau, just above the Caney Fork River valley. The river forms Van Buren's boundary with White County several miles north of Spencer.
Spencer is topographically isolated by the Cumberland Plateau's escarpment to the north and west and by the
to the south and east. Cane Creek, along with its tributary, Dry Fork, slices a narrow valley as it spills down northward toward its confluence with the Caney Fork, effectively dividing the Spencer area from the rest of the plateau. Cane Creek's upper watershed, known for its scenic waterfalls and geological formations, comprises the bulk of Fall Creek Falls State Park.
Spencer is centered just west of the junction of State Route 30, which connects Spencer with the Sequatchie Valley to the east and McMinnville to the west, and State Route 111, which connects Spencer with the central Highland Rim area to the north. Spencer is approximately 30 miles south of Cookeville and 25 miles west of Pikeville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 6.8 square miles (17.7 km²), all of it land.