Hazard (Kentucky)
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Location in Kentucky
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1884 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Kentucky | ||
| County : | Perry County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 15 ′ N , 83 ° 12 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 5,477 (as of 2012) | ||
| Population density : | 300.9 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 18.2 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) of which 18.2 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 283 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 41701, 41702 | ||
| Area code : | +1 606 | ||
| FIPS : | 21-35362 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 512617 | ||
| Website : | www.cityofhazard.com | ||
| Mayor : | Nan Gorman | ||
 town hall |
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Hazard is a city with the status of City and at the same administrative center ( the county seat ) of Perry County in the US -amerikanischen State Kentucky with 5,477 inhabitants (2012).
geography
Hazard is about 140 kilometers southeast of Lexington . The Kentucky River runs right through Hazard.
history
First settlers settled in 1795 in the village down the in 1884 after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry then Hazard was named. When a railway station opened in Hazard and huge coal deposits were discovered in the area, the place experienced a huge boom. In the 1920s, the population grew to over 7,000 people. The global economic crisis then meant a dramatic collapse in employment and the number of inhabitants fell again.
Today, as a county seat, Hazard is mainly active in administration and in medium-sized industrial and commercial operations.
Demographic data
In 2012 a population of 5477 people was determined, which means an increase of 14.0% compared to 2000. The median age of residents in 2012 was 40.5 years, just above the Kentucky median of 40.1 years.
sons and daughters of the town
- Rebecca Gayheart (born 1971), actress
- Daniel Mongiardo (* 1960), doctor and politician
- The Blue Fugates , a family with a hereditary disease
