Fleming County

The Fleming County Courthouse in Flemingsburg, listed on the NRHP
administration
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Flemingsburg
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 100 Court Square Flemingsburg, KY 41041-1329
Foundation :	February 10, 1798
Made up from:	Mason County
Area code :	001 606
Demographics
Residents :	14,348  (2010)
Population density :	15.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	910 km²
Water surface :	2 km²
map
Website : www.flemingcounty.org

Fleming County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Flemingsburg . 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 northeast Kentucky, about 30 km north of Ohio and has an area of ​​910 square kilometers, of which two square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Mason County , Lewis County , Rowan County , Bath County , Nicholas County, and Robertson County .

history

Fleming County was formed on February 10, 1798 from parts of Mason County. It was named after Colonel John Fleming , an early settler in the area.

10 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%
1800	5016		-
1810	8947		78.4%
1820	12,186		36.2%
1830	13,499		10.8%
1840	13,268		-1.7%
1850	13,914		4.9%
1860	12,489		-10.2%
1870	13,398		7.3%
1880	15,221		13.6%
1890	16,078		5.6%
1900	17,074		6.2%
1910	16,066		-5.9%
1920	15,614		-2.8%
1930	12,931		-17.2%
1940	13,327		3.1%
1950	11,962		-10.2%
1960	10,890		-9%
1970	11,366		4.4%
1980	12,323		8.4%
1990	12,292		-0.3%
2000	13,792		12.2%
2010	14,348		4%
1800-1890 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

Hillsboro Covered Bridge , listed on the NRHP

Fleming County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

According to the 2000 census , Fleming County's population was 13,792 people in 5,367 households and 3,966 families. The population density was 15 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.33 percent white, 1.41 percent African American, 0.14 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian and 0.28 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.67 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.75 percent of the population.

Of the 5,367 households, 34.8 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 60.3 percent were married couples living together, 9.6 percent were single mothers, 26.1 percent were non-families, 23.3 percent were single households, and 11.0 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.4 percent of residents under the age of 18, 8.4 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 29.0 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.9 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 13.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 96.0 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 27,990 , and the median income for a family is $ 33,300. Males had a median income of $ 26,463 versus $ 19,895 for females. The per capita income was $ 14,214. 14.8 percent of families and 18.6 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 24.9 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 20.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

• Soon Hill
• Battle Run
• Beechburg
• Bluebank
• Colfax
• Concord
• Cowan
• Craintown
• Dalesburg
• Elizaville
• Ewing
• Fairview
• Flemingsburg
• Flemingsburg Junction
• Foxport
• Goddard
• Grange City
• Hill top
• Hillsboro
• Locust
• Mount Carmel
• Muses Mills
• Nepton
• Olive Branch
• Pleasureville
• Plummers Landing
• Plummers Mill
• Poplar Grove
• Poplar Plains
• Ryan
• Sharkey
• Sherburne
• Stringtown
• Sunset
• Tilton
• Wallingford

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 516881. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
2. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 7, 2017.
3. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011
4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011
5. ↑ Excerpt from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 10, 2011 on WebCite ) 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. Retrieved April 2, 2012 
6. ↑ Fleming County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

Coordinates: 38 ° 22 ′  N , 83 ° 41 ′  W