Estill County

administration
Estill County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Irvine
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 130 Main Street Irvine, KY 40336-1006
Foundation :	January 27, 1808
Made up from:	Clark County Madison County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	14,672 (2010)
Population density :	22.3 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	662 km²
Water surface :	5 km²
map

Website : www.estill.net

Estill County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Irvine , named after Colonel William Irvine , an early settler. The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located in east central Kentucky and has an area of 662 square kilometers, of which five square kilometers are water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Clark County , Powell County , Lee County , Jackson County, and Madison Counties .

history

Estill County was formed on January 27, 1808 from parts of Clark County and Madison County. It was named after Captain James Estill , who was killed at the Battle of Little Mountain in 1782 .

8 buildings and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of September 7, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1810	2082	-
1820	3507	68.4%
1830	4618	31.7%
1840	5535	19.9%
1850	5985	8.1%
1860	6886	15.1%
1870	9198	33.6%
1880	9860	7.2%
1890	10,836	9.9%
1900	11,669	7.7%
1910	12,273	5.2%
1920	15,569	26.9%
1930	17,079	9.7%
1940	17,978	5.3%
1950	14,677	-18.4%
1960	12,466	-15.1%
1970	12,752	2.3%
1980	14,495	13.7%
1990	14,614	0.8%
2000	15.307	4.7%
2010	14,672	-4.1%
1810-1890 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Estill County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Red River Iron Furnace on Kentucky Route 975 near Fitchburg in the Daniel Boone National Forest . Listed in the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Estill County had 15,307 people; 6,108 households and 4,434 families were counted. The population density was 23 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 99.07 percent white, 0.11 percent African American, 0.24 percent Native American, 0.03 percent Asian and 0.06 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.49 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.53 percent of the population.

Of the 6,108 households, 32.3 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 55.4 percent were married couples living together, 12.9 percent were single mothers, 27.4 percent were non-families, 24.6 percent were single households, and 10.7 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 2.94.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 24.2 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 9.1 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 24.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.5 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100 women aged 18 and over there were 91.2 men.

The median income for a household in the 23,318 USD , and the median income for a family was 27,284 USD. Males had a median income of $ 29,254 versus $ 18,849 for females. The per capita income was $ 12,285. 22.5 percent of families and 26.4 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 32.3 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 21.5 percent were people over 65 years of age.