Allen County, Kentucky

administration
Allen County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Scottsville
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse P.O. Box 115 Scottsville, KY 42164-0115
Foundation :	January 11, 1815
Made up from:	Barren County Warren County
Area code :	001 270
Demographics
Residents :	19,956 (2010)
Population density :	22.2 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	912 km²
Water surface :	15 km²
map

Website : www.allencountykentucky.com

The Allen County is a county in the US state of Kentucky . The county seat is Scottsville , which was named after Governor Charles Scott . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

Barren River Lake

The county is located in southern Kentucky, borders the state of Tennessee in the south and has an area of 912 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water.

To the east, the county is bounded by Barren River Lake , a reservoir of the Barren River .

The following counties border Allen County:

Warren County		Barren County
Simpson County		Monroe County
Sumner County, Tennessee		Macon County, Tennessee

history

Allen County was formed on January 11, 1815 from former parts of Barren County and Warren County. It was named after John Allen (1771-1813), who was killed in the Battle of River Raisin in the British-American War in 1813.

A fire in the courthouse on October 2, 1902 destroyed many documents.

11 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 5, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1820	5327	-
1830	6485	21.7%
1840	7329	13%
1850	8742	19.3%
1860	9187	5.1%
1870	10,296	12.1%
1880	12,089	17.4%
1890	13,692	13.3%
1900	14,657	7%
1910	14,882	1.5%
1920	16,761	12.6%
1930	15,180	-9.4%
1940	15,496	2.1%
1950	13,787	-11%
1960	12,269	-11%
1970	12,598	2.7%
1980	14,128	12.1%
1990	14,628	3.5%
2000	17,800	21.7%
2010	19,956	12.1%
1820-1890 1900-1990 2000-2010 Allen County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

As of the 2010 census , Allen County had 19,956 people in 7,099 households. The population density was 22.2 inhabitants per square kilometer.

The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Statistically, 2.59 people lived in each of the 7,099 households.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 36,563 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,331. 17.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.