Town of Spencer, Marathon County, Wisconsin: Place Profile

The street address of the Spencer Town Hall was not found on the town pages read.

No ranked list of the largest employers in the Town of Spencer was found; the town's business list gives no headcounts.

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The municipality is the Town of Spencer, a civil town in Marathon County, Wisconsin (Census county subdivision GEOID 5507375425).

The Town of Spencer is a separate municipality from the Village of Spencer (DOA code 37181; Census place 5575400), which had 1,818 residents at the 2020 Census and sits within the town's survey township.

The town sits in the southwestern corner of Marathon County, bordering Clark County on the west and Wood County on the south.

The town is bounded by Eau Pleine Road on the north, Lincoln Avenue on the east, Lincoln Spencer Road on the south, and the east side of Fairhaven Avenue on the west.

The town occupies survey township T26N R2E, almost six miles square, less the section taken by the Village of Spencer in the northeast quadrant.

The Town of Spencer covers 31.46 square miles of land and 0.207 square miles of water.

The town's Census internal point is near 44.725252 N, 90.248365 W.

Town officials use Marshfield, WI 54449 mailing addresses: the clerk's address in the state directory is 105205 Karau Ave, Marshfield, and tax payments go to the treasurer at 104771 Karau Ave, Marshfield.

The 2020 Census count for the Town of Spencer was 1,586 residents.

The Wisconsin DOA January 1, 2025 official population estimate for the Town of Spencer is 1,600.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimate of total population for Spencer town is 1,779 (margin of error plus or minus 225).

The town's website shows its own population table (2025: 1,779; 2020: 1,638; 2015: 1,615; 2010: 1,341; 1990: 1,010; 1980: 870), which does not match the 2020 Census count of 1,586.

The town says it has grown rapidly since 1970 because of subdivisions, and counts ten subdivisions within the township.

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median age in Spencer town is 35.5 years (margin of error plus or minus 8.7).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median household income in Spencer town is $99,915 (margin of error plus or minus $3,423).

The ACS 2019-2023 5-year median value of owner-occupied housing in Spencer town is $248,300 (margin of error plus or minus $21,351).

The town board comprises a chairman, two supervisors, a clerk, and a treasurer, chosen by voters for two-year terms.

The Town Chairman is Jesse Johnson.

The town supervisors are Pete Hoff and Jerry Schmitz.

The Town Clerk is Dennis Gonnering (715-659-4054).

The Town Treasurer is Vickie Parker.

Town Board meetings are held at the Town Hall, typically on the second Monday of each month at 6:00 p.m.; the town asks attendees to call the clerk to verify.

An Annual Town Meeting is held at the Town Hall, with its date and time listed in the Annual Report.

Agendas are posted at the town hall; the town says its website is not yet a legally required posting location.

The town's pages disagree on its Marathon County Board district: the home page says District 27, while the contact page lists Supervisor Wayne Hagen for District 28.

The contact page lists State Senator Jesse James (23rd District) and Representative John Spiros (86th District).

The town reports an assessed valuation of $188,523,100 as of 2023.

The Town of Spencer's official website is townofspencerwi.gov, and the town lists [email address] as a contact.

The town maintains over 40 miles of roads (12 miles blacktop and 31 miles gravel) and four bridges, under a road improvement plan adopted February 9, 2026.

The School District of Spencer is a unified K-12 district at 300 N. School St., Spencer, WI 54479, and the town's contact page lists it as the local school district.

NCES lists Spencer Elementary (NCES ID 551419001844) and Spencer Junior High/High (NCES ID 551419001845), both at 300 N School St, Spencer.

The town lists more than two dozen businesses within its borders, including farms, cabinetry and furniture makers, tractor parts and equipment dealers, construction and excavation firms, and a sawmill.

The town names a Business of the Year each December; the 2025 honoree was T&T Quality Cutting.

For county context, Marathon County had 3,436 business establishments and 65,770 paid employees in 2023.

The Tribune Record Gleaner, published by Central Wisconsin News, serves the Loyal, Spencer, Greenwood, and Granton areas and school districts.

Wausau Pilot & Review's property-transfer roundup for August 3-8, 2026 listed a $485,000 home on Woodridge Drive in the town of Spencer.

WOSQ (FM, 92.3 MHz), licensee Central Wisconsin Broadcasting, Inc., is licensed to the community of Spencer, WI; the FCC record names only "Spencer, WI" and does not name the town, so the station is not attributed to the Town of Spencer.

The town is served by the Spencer Volunteer Fire Department.

The nearest county library outlet is the Marathon County Public Library Spencer Branch at 105 South Park Street, Spencer (715-659-3996), in the Village of Spencer.

The IMLS FY2022 outlet file lists the Spencer Branch at 105 Park St., Spencer, as an outlet of the Marathon County Public Library system (FSCS key WI0341).

The town hall rents for $50 per day, and non-profit groups may use it without a fee at the board's discretion.

GFL handles town garbage and recycling collection, and the town has one part-time highway department employee.

McMillan Marsh Wildlife Area is about 6,500 acres of mostly shallow marshes and shrub wetlands managed by the Wisconsin DNR, with a 5.5-mile seasonal bike trail open May 1 to August 31.

The town's FAQ describes the McMillan Wildlife Area as over 2,000 acres open to public hunting and recreation, with trails reached off Mann Road maintained by the Friends of the Mead McMillan Wildlife Association, and no ATVs allowed.

USGS GNIS records McMillan Marsh as a named swamp in Marathon County at 44.7241308, -90.2059659, and McMillan Reservoir at 44.736844, -90.198577.

Each December the town board recognizes a Business of the Year at its December meeting.

State Highway 13 crosses the town northwest from Marshfield and then north through the Village of Spencer; County Highways F and V run north and south and County Highway C runs east and west.

Blacktop crack sealing alternates by year (roads north of Mann Road in odd years, the rest in even years), and a contractor cuts brush and ditches in June and again in late September.

The town's four bridges are on Pleasant, Hayward, Fairhaven, and North Frey roads, and the Pleasant Road bridge was fully replaced in 2025.