Knox County, Kentucky
![]() The Knox County Courthouse in Barbourville. |
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US state : | Kentucky |
Administrative headquarters : | Barbourville |
Address of the administrative headquarters: |
County Courthouse P.O. Box 173 Barbourville, KY 40906-0173 |
Foundation : | December 19, 1799 |
Made up from: | Lincoln County |
Area code : | 001 606 |
Demographics | |
Residents : | 31,883 (2010) |
Population density : | 31.8 inhabitants / km 2 |
geography | |
Total area : | 1004 km² |
Water surface : | 0.1 km² |
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Knox County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Barbourville , named after James Barbour , who provided the land for the district court building. 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 southeast Kentucky, about 20 km to the south from Tennessee , about 30 km to the southeast from Virginia , and covers an area of 1004 square kilometers with no significant body of water. It is bordered clockwise by the following counties: Clay County , Bell Counties , Whitley Counties , and Laurel Counties .
history
Knox County was formed on December 19, 1799 from parts of Lincoln County . It was named after Henry Knox , a general and US Secretary of War. On September 19, 1861, near Barbourville, a battle between about 300 Union troops and 800 Confederates took place as part of the Civil War , which the Confederates won.
A total of eight buildings and sites in the county, including the Knox County Courthouse in Barbourville, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 9, 2017).
Demographic data
growth of population | |||
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Census | Residents | ± in% | |
1810 | 5875 | - | |
1820 | 3661 | -37.7% | |
1830 | 4315 | 17.9% | |
1840 | 5722 | 32.6% | |
1850 | 7050 | 23.2% | |
1860 | 7707 | 9.3% | |
1870 | 8294 | 7.6% | |
1880 | 10,587 | 27.6% | |
1890 | 13,762 | 30% | |
1900 | 17,372 | 26.2% | |
1910 | 22,116 | 27.3% | |
1920 | 24,172 | 9.3% | |
1930 | 26,266 | 8.7% | |
1940 | 31,029 | 18.1% | |
1950 | 30,409 | -2% | |
1960 | 25,258 | -16.9% | |
1970 | 23,689 | -6.2% | |
1980 | 30,239 | 27.6% | |
1990 | 29,676 | -1.9% | |
2000 | 31,795 | 7.1% | |
2010 | 31,883 | 0.3% | |
Before 1900
1900–1990 2000 + 2010 |
As of the 2000 census , Knox County had 31,795 people in 12,416 households and 8,939 families. The population density was 32 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 97.84 percent white, 0.82 percent African American, 0.25 percent Native American, 0.17 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.08 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.82 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.57 percent of the population.
Of the 12,416 households, 34.4 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 54.3 percent were married couples living together, 13.6 percent were single mothers, 28.0 percent were non-families, 25.7 percent were single households and 10.6 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 3.01.
For the entire county, the population was composed of 26.2 percent of residents under the age of 18, 9.7 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 28.1 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, and 23.2 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 12.8 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 92.9 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over, there were 88.7 men statistically.
The median income for a household in the county is $ 18,294 , and the median income for a family is $ 23,136. Males had a median income of $ 24,833 versus $ 18,390 for females. The per capita income was $ 10,660. 29.6 percent of families and 34.8 percent of the population are below the poverty line. Of these, 42.4 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 28.9 percent were people over 65 years of age.
Places in the county
- Anco
- Arkle
- Artemus
- Barbourville
- Baughman
- Bimble
- Boone Heights
- Camp Grounds
- Cannon
- Corbin
- Crane Nest
- Dewitt
- Dishman Springs
- Emanuel
- Erose
- Flat lick
- Gibbs
- Girdler
- Gray
- Hammond
- Heidrick
- Himyar
- Hinkle
- Kayjay
- Moore Hill
- North Corbin
- Old Flat Lick
- Permon
- Providence
- Rossland
- Scalf
- Siler
- Sprule
- Swan Lake
- Swanpond
- Tedders
- Trosper
- Walker
- Warren
- Wheeler
- Wilton
- Woollum
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ GNIS-ID: 516907. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 9, 2017.
- ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011
- ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011
- ↑ Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010) ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 2, 2012
- ↑ Knox County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .
Coordinates: 36 ° 53 ′ N , 83 ° 51 ′ W