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Notable location: Roane County Courthouse (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Spencer include: Saint Johns United Methodist Church (A), Apostolic Faith Chapel (B), First Baptist Church of Spencer (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Miletree Lakes (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Miletree Run (A), Goff Run (B), Tanner Run (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Spencer include: Washington Park (1), Alford Park (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Courts: West Virginia State Government Offices - Military Affairs & Public Safety Depart (207 East Main Street), West Virginia State Government Offices - Family Court Judge (200 Main Street), Roane County - Courts- Circuit Court Division 5- Clerk (Courthouse), Roane County - Courts- Magistrate Court- Clerk (201 Main Street).
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Spencer and their reported violations in the past:
SPENCER WATER DEPT (Address: 207 COURT STREET, Population served: 5002, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
- MCL, Average - Between JUL-2005 and SEP-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-17-2005), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-17-2005), St Public Notif received (DEC-23-2005), St Compliance achieved (MAR-07-2006)
- MCL, Average - Between APR-2005 and JUN-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-17-2005), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-17-2005), St Public Notif received (DEC-23-2005), St Compliance achieved (MAR-07-2006)
- MCL, Average - Between JAN-2005 and MAR-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (NOV-17-2005), St Formal NOV issued (NOV-17-2005), St Public Notif received (DEC-23-2005), St Compliance achieved (MAR-07-2006)
Drinking water stations with addresses in Spencer that have no violations reported:
- CLOVER PSD (Population served: 764, Primary Water Source Type: Purch_surface_water)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: |  31.0% | | Whole state: |  17.9% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
| This city: | 11.1% | | Whole state: | 7.6% |
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Spencer, WV
90 people in nursing homes
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Spencer compared to West Virginia state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Unemployed percentage above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in below state average.
- Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Spencer (2009 data):
- First Neighborhood Bank: Drive-In Branch at 334 Main Street, branch established on 1975-09-04; at 216 Market Street, branch established on 1912-02-08. Info updated 2006-11-15: Bank assets: $124.8 mil, Deposits: $111.9 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: West-Central Bancorp, Inc.
- Traders Bank: Drive-In Facility at Routes 14 And 33, branch established on 1976-11-22; at Main And Market Streets, branch established on 1903-03-27. Info updated 2008-12-03: Bank assets: $169.7 mil, Deposits: $138.3 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 6 total offices, Holding Company: Premier Financial Bancorp, Inc.
- The Poca Valley Bank, Inc.: Spencer Branch at 1 Black Walnut Avenue, branch established on 2005-04-01. Info updated 2006-09-20: Bank assets: $286.9 mil, Deposits: $261.9 mil, headquarters in Walton, WV, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Poca Valley Bankshares, Inc., The
School Enrollment by Level of School
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2004 Presidential Election results in Roane County West Virginia:
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Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (91%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Religion statistics for Spencer
| Name | American Baptist Churches in the USA | United Methodist Church | Catholic Church | Church of the Nazarene | Southern Baptist Convention |
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| Adherents | 48.8% | 24.3% | 12.0% | 7.3% | 2.1% |
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| Congregations | 35.4% | 41.7% | 2.1% | 4.2% | 2.1% |
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| Name | Churches of Christ | Seventh-Day Adventist Church | International Pentecostal Holiness Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Other religions |
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| Adherents | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
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| Congregations | 4.2% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 4.2% |
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Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Financial Administration |
1 | $2,125 | $25,500 | 0 | $0 |
| Other Government Administration |
0 | $0 | | 6 | $3,264 |
| Streets and Highways |
4 | $6,268 | $18,804 | 0 | $0 |
| Water Supply |
8 | $16,150 | $24,225 | 0 | $0 |
| Other and Unallocable |
4 | $8,500 | $25,500 | 0 | $0 |
| Totals for Government |
17 | $33,043 | $23,324 | 6 | $3,264 |
Spencer government finances in 2006:
- Charges - Sewerage: $618,000
Parks and Recreation: $22,000
Parking Facilities: $13,000
- Current Operations - Water Utilities: $456,000
Financial Administration: $370,000
Sewerage: $305,000
Regular Highways: $272,000
Police Protection: $254,000
Parks and Recreation: $26,000
Health - Other: $1,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $178,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified Public Purpose: $228,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $21,000
Interest Earnings: $17,000
Rents: $6,000
Fines and Forfeits: $5,000
- NEW for 2005 - Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,327,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $5,099,000
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $568,000
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $628,000
- Sinking Funds - Cash and Securities: $536,000
- State Intergovernmental - General Local Government Support: $28,000
- Tax - Occupation and Business License, NEC: $460,000
Property: $168,000
Public Utilities Sales: $74,000
Alcoholic Beverage Sales: $21,000
Other Selective Sales: $21,000
Other License: $14,000
Motor Vehicle License: $4,000
- Total Salaries and Wages: $573,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $86,000
5.31% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,840 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.31% | | West Virginia average: | 5.78% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
5.14% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($25,310 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 5.14% | | West Virginia average: | 5.65% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Spencer:
- WVRC (1400 AM; 1 kW; SPENCER, WV; Owner: STAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WCAW (680 AM; 10 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
- WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- WBGS (1030 AM; daytime; 10 kW; POINT PLEASANT, WV; Owner: BIG RIVER RADIO, INC.)
- WCHS (580 AM; 5 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
- WWVA (1170 AM; 53 kW; WHEELING, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBRJ (910 AM; 5 kW; MARIETTA, OH; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WVTS (950 AM; 5 kW; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: BRISTOL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
- WADC (1050 AM; 5 kW; PARKERSBURG, WV; Owner: BURBACH OF DE, LLC)
- WOAY (860 AM; 10 kW; OAK HILL, WV; Owner: COMMISSIONED COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WSCW (1410 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SOUTH CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: L.M. COMMUNICATIONS OF KENTUCKY, LLC)
- WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- KDKA (1020 AM; 50 kW; PITTSBURGH, PA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Spencer:
- WVRC-FM (104.7 FM; SPENCER, WV; Owner: STAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WYRC-LP (92.3 FM; SPENCER, WV; Owner: ROANE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION)
- WDBS (97.1 FM; SUTTON, WV; Owner: SUMMIT MEDIA BROADCASTING, L.L.C.)
- WKLC-FM (105.1 FM; ST. ALBANS, WV; Owner: WKLC, INC.)
- WVPN (88.5 FM; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
- WRZZ (106.1 FM; ELIZABETH, WV; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WRVZ (98.7 FM; POCATALICO, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA RADIO CORPORATION OF CHARLESTON)
- WVRP (90.7 FM; RIPLEY, WV; Owner: LOWER OHIO VALLEY EDUCATIONAL CORP.)
- WLWF (93.1 FM; RAVENSWOOD, WV; Owner: LEGEND COMMUNICATIONS OF WEST VIRGINIA, LLC)
- WCEF (98.3 FM; RIPLEY, WV; Owner: BIG RIVER RADIO, INC.)
- WXIL (95.1 FM; PARKERSBURG, WV; Owner: BURBACH OF DE, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Spencer:
- WVAH-TV (Channel 11; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WVAH LICENSEE, LLC)
- WCHS-TV (Channel 8; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: WCHS LICENSEE, LLC)
- WLPX-TV (Channel 29; CHARLESTON, WV; Owner: PAXSON CHARLESTON LICENSE, INC.)
- WPBY-TV (Channel 33; HUNTINGTON, WV; Owner: WEST VIRGINIA EDUCATIONAL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY)
Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)
Spencer, West Virginia:
- Fatal accident count: 5
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 5
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
- Fatalities: 5
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 8
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2
West Virginia average:
- Fatal accident count: 57
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 83
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 19
- Fatalities: 62
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 145
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 5
Spencer fatal accident list:
Jun 23, 2007 06:07 AM, Spring Creek Rd, Lat: 38.802597, Lon: -81.352714, Vehicles: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: Inconsistent data
Dec 26, 2006 12:21 AM, Us-33e, Boggs Fork, Lat: 38.804525, Lon: -81.373925, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Dec 26, 2003 12:35 AM, Williams Drive, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 13, 2002 12:05 AM, Us-119, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1
Oct 13, 1978 10:54 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 4
Total length: 6 meters (20ft)
Total costs: $950,000
Total average daily traffic: 14,300
Total average daily truck traffic: 1,125
Total future (year 2024) average daily traffic: 20,515
FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Cell Phone Towers in Spencer)
FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 8 (See the full list of FCC Registered Antenna Towers)
FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 11 (See the full list of FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers in Spencer, WV)
FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers: 1 (See the full list of FCC Registered Broadcast Land Mobile Towers)
FCC Registered Microwave Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Microwave Towers in this town)
FCC Registered Paging Towers: 3 (See the full list of FCC Registered Paging Towers)
FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers: 2 (See the full list of FCC Registered Maritime Coast & Aviation Ground Towers)
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 51 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Spencer)
FAA Registered Aircrafts: 18 (See the full list of FAA Registered Aircrafts in Spencer)
2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:- Fire: 34
- Hazardous Condition: 111
- Good Intent Call: 3
See Full 2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Statistics for Spencer, WV
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