Olive Hill (Kentucky)
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Location in Kentucky
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | March 24, 1884 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Kentucky | ||
| County : | Carter County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 18 ′ N , 83 ° 10 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,813 (as of: 2000) | ||
| Population density : | 348.7 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 5.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 228 m | ||
| Postal code : | 41164 | ||
| Area code : | +1 606 | ||
| FIPS : | 21-57918 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0499923 | ||
| Website : | www.olivehill.ky.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Danny Sparks | ||
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Olive Hill is a small town in Carter County in the northeast of the US state Kentucky . According to the population census of 2000, there were 1,813 inhabitants in the municipality.
geography
The city is at 38 ° 18'4 "North, and 83 ° 10'27" West. (38.301007, -83.174091). The place extends over an area of 5.2 km².
history
After the first settlers immigrated to what is now Kentucky in 1792 , farmers also settled in the area that would later become Olive Hill. Around 1800 a certain Robert Henderson built the first house near Cold Springs on what is now the eastern border of the city. He was followed seven years later by his brother George, who settled only a short distance away, but at least well within today's city limits, which was seen by today's city fathers as the initial spark for the upcoming settlement. This area, in which other families settled in the following decades, was appropriately named "Henderson Branch" in honor of the first settlers.
In the beginning, immigration from neighboring Virginia was hesitant for fear of the Indians , but by the 1830s at the latest, these concerns were over. Initially Olive Hill belonged to Fayette County , then to Greenup County and finally from 1838 to what is now Carter County. At that time, the city corresponded to the cliché of a border town with modest prosperity, the houses of which were to the right and left of a dusty to dirty thoroughfare.
The place was originally named Oliver Hill at the instigation of a Captain E. P. Davis to honor the oldest resident of the parish, Thomas Oliver. As so often in history, the name suffered from the pronunciation of the latently taciturn Kentuckians - the "r" was usually "swallowed", so that it became today's Olive Hill . The name quickly became established, especially as it was used as a trademark to adorn the bricks of a large brick kiln within the city limits, which are known both in the USA and internationally .
The first road of particular importance to the infrastructure was the old highway from Catlettsburg to Maysville , which was also used by Andrew Jackson on his triumphal procession to the inauguration celebrations as US President in Washington, DC .
During the Civil War the city from the General was Confederates , John Hunt Morgan , on one of his raids burned to Kentucky. Local history reports that when his troops approached from the east of the city, a small group of the Home Guard initially prevented them from deploying with a few volleys. The "grays" had returned fire several times, causing the hopelessly defeated vigilante group to quickly withdraw. There had been no casualties on either side, so the troops of the southern states marched through the city relatively calm. It was not until the night camp on the heights west of the city that the general decided to "punish" Olive Hill with a few troops for the alleged cheek.
politics
Mayor of the city is Danny Sparks.
Demographics
According to the 2000 United States Census , Olive Hill has 1,813 residents in 791 households and 488 families. The population density is 348.3 people / km² . The city's population is divided into 98.73 percent white , 0.17% African American , 0.50% Native American , and 0.11 percent of other races or 0.50% of two or more races . 0.61 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Underage children live with their parents in 26.5 percent of households, married couples live in 44.5 percent, single mothers live in 14.5 percent, and 38.2 percent have no families or unmarried couples. 34.8% of all households are headed by a single person and 18.6% of the apartments have a single person over 65 years of age. The average household size is 2.28 and the average family size is 2.93.
The age structure of the urban population of Olive Hills breaks down as follows: 24.5% under 18 years of age, 8.3% between 18 and 24 years of age, 24.4% between the ages of 25 and 44, 24.4% between 45 and 64, and 18.4 percent who are older than 65 years. The average age is 39 years.
For every 100 women there are 83.7 men. Assuming the comparative age of 18 years or older, the ratio even comes to 100: 78.0.
The median income for a household in this city is $ 22,958 , and the median income for a family is $ 31,071. Males have an income of 24,063 versus just $ 19,191 for females. The per capita income for the city is $ 12,628. 24.8 percent of the population and 16.7% of families live below the poverty line . In relation to the total Olive Hills population, 35.1% of the under 18s and 23.5% of the over 65s live beyond the poverty line.
Attractions
- For his client Aline Barnsdall, the architect Rudolph Schindler , a student of Frank Lloyd Wright , planned a few small building projects in Olive Hill, of which the project, a house that was transparent to the lake, did not materialize in 1927.
- Carter Caves State Resort Park
- Grayson Lake State Park , with sandstone - canyons , formerly preferred settlement due to the Shawnee and Cherokee - Indians was
- Cave Run Lake
Culture
- The radio station WDNX broadcasts a mainly religious program on the frequency 89.1 MHz.
- Annual Carter County, Shriners Club Bluegrass Festival
- Annual Poppy Mountain, Time Out Bluegrass Festival
- As the city never a normal theater or drive-in had to load the city fathers on each first Friday in the summer months of June, July and August the families to a free open-air cinema in the center of the community, but in which they are allowed to bring their seating themselves or have .
Educational institutions
- West Carter High School, Olive Hill
Personalities
- Tom T. Hall (born 1936), country musician
- Stephanie Bond , novelist
- Dwain Messer , country and studio musician
