Rowan County, Kentucky

administration
Rowan County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 83002862
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Morehead
Address of the administrative headquarters:	Rowan County, KY 627 East Main Street Morehead, KY 40351-1390
Foundation :	1856
Made up from:	Morgan County Fleming County
Demographics
Residents :	23,333 (2010)
Population density :	32.1 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	741 km²
Water surface :	14 km²
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Rowan County is one of a total of 120 counties in the US state of Kentucky . The county seat is Morehead .

geography

Rowan County is located in the mountainous northeast of the state, in what is known as the Eastern Coal Field . The landscape of the county is shaped by the surrounding mountains. A large part of its area belongs to the Daniel Boone National Forest and is characterized by hardwood forests. It has an area of 741 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water.

The county is bordered by the following counties: Fleming County , Lewis County , Carter County , Elliott County , Morgan County , Menifee County, and Bath County . The only larger town is Morehead with a population of about 8400 inhabitants.

history

Rowan County was formed in 1856 from parts of Fleming Counties and Morgan Counties. It was Kentucky's 104th County. It was named after the politician John Rowan , who first represented the state of Kentucky in the House of Representatives (1807 to 1809) and later in the Senate (1825 to 1831). The place Morehead was founded as the administrative seat.

Rowan County was home to numerous, scattered small parishes in the 1860s. Mainly corn was cultivated and a timber industry developed, favored by the large forest areas and the possibility of transporting the felled tree trunks on the Triplett Creek and Licking River . Farmers, Rodburn, Eadston and Brady were early centers of the timber industry. Coal mines and quarries were built near the towns of Rockville and Bluestone.

Twelve structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 20, 2017).

economy

About a third of the county is agricultural land. The county's natural resources include wood, limestone, clay, and coal.

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1860	2282	-
1870	2991	31.1%
1880	4420	47.8%
1890	6129	38.7%
1900	8277	35%
1910	9438	14%
1920	9467	0.3%
1930	10,893	15.1%
1940	12,734	16.9%
1950	12,708	-0.2%
1960	12,808	0.8%
1970	17,010	32.8%
1980	19,049	12%
1990	20,353	6.8%
2000	22.094	8.6%
2010	23,333	5.6%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010

As of the 2000 census , Rowan County had 22,094 people in 7,927 households and 5,215 families. The population density was 30 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 95.98 percent white, 1.56 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.89 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 0.38 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.97 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.06 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,927 households, 30.5 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 52.4 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers, 34.2 percent were non-families, 27.0 percent were single households and 9.2 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 20.3 percent of residents under the age of 18, 23.5 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 20.0 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 10.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 women aged 18 or over there were statistically 93.1 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 28,055 , and the median income for a family is $ 34,338. Males had a median income of $ 26,777 versus $ 20,104 for females. The per capita income was $ 13,888. 15.9 percent of families and 21.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line. Of these, 20.8 percent were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 16.2 percent were people over 65 years of age.