Bracken County

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Bracken County Courthouse
Bracken County Courthouse
administration
US state : Kentucky
Administrative headquarters : Brooksville
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
P.O. Box 264
Brooksville, KY 41004-0264
Foundation : December 14, 1796
Made up from: Campbell County
Mason County
Area code : 001 606
Demographics
Residents : 8488  (2010)
Population density : 16.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 541 km²
Water surface : 15 km²
map
Map of Bracken County within Kentucky

Bracken County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Brooksville , named after David Brooks , an American statesman.

geography

The county is located in northeast Kentucky, bordering the state of Ohio , from which it is separated by the Ohio River , and has an area of ​​541 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water. In Kentucky, it is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Mason County , Robertson County , Harrison County, and Pendleton County .

history

Bracken County was formed on December 14, 1796 from parts of Campbell County and Mason County. It was named after Big Bracken Creek and Little Bracken Creek , which are in the area and named after William Bracken by the Indians .

23 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 6, 2017).

Historical objects

Not far from Foster is the historic Bradford School House, listed in the NRHP .

Demographic data

growth of population
Census Residents ± in%
1800 2606 -
1810 3706 42.2%
1820 5280 42.5%
1830 6518 23.4%
1840 7053 8.2%
1850 8903 26.2%
1860 11,021 23.8%
1870 11,409 3.5%
1880 13,509 18.4%
1890 12,369 -8.4%
1900 12,137 -1.9%
1910 10.308 -15.1%
1920 10.210 -1 %
1930 9616 -5.8%
1940 9389 -2.4%
1950 8424 -10.3%
1960 7422 -11.9%
1970 7227 -2.6%
1980 7738 7.1%
1990 7766 0.4%
2000 8279 6.6%
2010 8488 2.5%
1800-1890

1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Bracken County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Bracken County had 8,279 people in 3,228 households and 2,346 families. The population density was 16 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 98.48 percent white, 0.62 percent African American, 0.25 percent Native American, 0.06 percent Asian, 0.04 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.21 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.35 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.47 percent of the population.

Of the 3,228 households, 33.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 57.3 percent were married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers, 27.3 percent were non-families, 23.9 percent were single households, and 11.3 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.00.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.5 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.4 percent between the ages of 18 and 24, 29.5 percent between the ages of 25 and 44, and 23.0 percent between the ages of 45 and 64 13.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 95.9 men.

The median income for a household in the city was $ 34,823 , and the median income for a family was $ 40,469. Males had a median income of $ 31,503 versus $ 21,139 for females. The per capita income was $ 16,478. 7.6 percent of families and 10.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 10.5 percent were children or adolescents under the age of 18 and 17.3 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

See also

Web links

Commons : Bracken County  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 516858. Accessed on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 6, 2017.
  3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012
  6. ↑ Bracken County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 38 ° 41 ′  N , 84 ° 5 ′  W