Corbin (Kentucky)
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| Location in Kentucky | |||
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| Foundation : | 1800 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Kentucky | ||
| Counties : |
Whitley County Knox County |
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| Coordinates : | 36 ° 57 ′ N , 84 ° 6 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 7,272 (as of 2012) | ||
| Population density : | 356.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 20.6 km 2 (approx. Err mi 2 ) of which 20.4 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) are land |
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| Height : | 329 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 40701, 40771 | ||
| Area code : | +1 606 | ||
| FIPS : | 21-17362 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 511536 | ||
| Website : | www.corbin-ky.gov/newsite/ | ||
 Panorama of Corbin |
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Corbin is a city with the status of City and is located partly in Whitley County and partly in Knox County in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky . The city has 7,272 inhabitants (2012).
geography
Corbin is about 130 kilometers south of Lexington and 90 kilometers west of Hazard . The Interstate 75 highway touches Corbin in the west.
history
The first settlers settled in the place, which initially had different names and was only called Corbin in 1885 after the Reverent James Corbin Floyd . When a workshop for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad opened in Corbin and large deposits of coal and iron ore were discovered in the area, the place experienced a boom. In 1902, 102 coal mines were in operation in the vicinity. The first restaurant of the later Kentucky Fried Chicken chain was opened in 1930 by Harland D. Sanders in Corbin at a gas station. After the end of the Second World War , the demand for coal decreased and the population decreased again.
Today, Corbin is active in medium-sized industrial and commercial operations. Tourism is also gaining in importance and tours are organized to the directly adjacent Daniel Boone National Forest in the west and to the nearby Cumberland Falls .
Demographic data
In 2012 a population of 7,272 people was determined, which means a decrease of 6.1% compared to 2000. The median age of the residents in 2012 was 41.6 years, above the Kentucky median of 40.1 years.
sons and daughters of the town
- Arthur Lake (1905-1987), film actor
- George McAfee (1918-2009), American football player
- Bill Watkins (* 1931), rockabilly musician
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Postal Service - ZIP Codes
- ↑ History ( Memento of the original from September 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kentucky Fried Chicken ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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