Woodford County, Kentucky

administration
Woodford County Courthouse
US state :	Kentucky
Administrative headquarters :	Versailles
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 103 South Main Street Room 200 Versailles, KY 40383-1249
Foundation :	November 2, 1788
Made up from:	Fayette County
Area code :	001 859
Demographics
Residents :	24,939 (2010)
Population density :	50.5 inhabitants / km ²
geography
Total area :	497 km²
Water surface :	3 km²
map

Woodford County is a county in the state of Kentucky in the United States . The county seat is Versailles . The county is part of the dry counties , which means that the sale of alcohol is restricted or prohibited.

geography

The county is located northeast of the geographic center of Kentucky and has an area of 497 square kilometers, of which three square kilometers are water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Franklin County , Scott County , Fayette County , Jessamine County , Mercer County, and Anderson Counties .

history

Woodford County was formed on November 2, 1788 from parts of Fayette County. It was named after General William Woodford , who died in captivity by the British during the American Revolutionary War .

Woodford is home to Kentucky's oldest Kentucky Bourbon Distillery, founded in 1812, Labrot & Graham's Old Oscar Pepper Distillery , renamed Woodford Reserve Distillery since 2003 . Because of its historical significance, it has had the status of a National Historic Landmark since 2000 . A total of 78 buildings and sites in the county are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (as of October 23, 2017).

Demographic data

growth of population
Census	Residents	± in%
1790	9210	-
1800	6624	-28.1%
1810	9659	45.8%
1820	12.207	26.4%
1830	12,273	0.5%
1840	11,740	-4.3%
1850	12,423	5.8%
1860	11,219	-9.7%
1870	8240	-26.6%
1880	11,800	43.2%
1890	12,380	4.9%
1900	13.134	6.1%
1910	12,571	-4.3%
1920	11,784	-6.3%
1930	10,981	-6.8%
1940	11,847	7.9%
1950	11,212	-5.4%
1960	11,913	6.3%
1970	14,434	21.2%
1980	17,778	23.2%
1990	19,955	12.2%
2000	23.208	16.3%
2010	24,939	7.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 + 2010 Woodford County's age pyramid (as of 2000)

Confederate Monument in Versailles

Guyn's Mill near Troy, listed in the NRHP

According to the 2000 census , Woodford County had 23,208 people in 8,893 households and 6,643 families. The population density was 47 inhabitants per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.08 percent white, 5.41 percent African American, 0.13 percent Native American, 0.31 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific island area and 1.13 percent from other ethnic groups Groups; 0.93 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.99 percent of the population.

Of the 8,893 households, 35.0 percent had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 61.9 percent were married couples living together, 9.7 percent were single mothers, 25.3 percent were non-families, 21.0 percent were single households and 7.5 percent had people aged 65 years or over. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 2.99 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 25.4 percent of residents under 18 years of age, 7.9 percent between 18 and 24 years of age, 31.2 percent between 25 and 44 years of age, 25.1 percent between 45 and 64 years of age 10.4 percent were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 93.0 males. For every 100 women 18 years of age or older there were statistically 91.2 men.

The median income for a household in the county is $ 49,491 , and the median income for a family is $ 58,218. Males had a median income of $ 39,284 versus $ 27,972 for females. The per capita income was $ 22,839. 5.2 percent of families and 7.3 percent of the population were below the poverty line. 8.0 percent of these were children or adolescents under 18 years of age and 13.1 percent were people over 65 years of age.

Places in the county

Web links

Commons : Woodford County, Kentucky - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ GNIS-ID: 516966. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Kentucky . National Park Service , accessed October 23, 2017.
↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 23, 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). Accessed April 2, 2012
↑ Woodford County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .

38.04 -84.74Coordinates: 38 ° 2 ′ N , 84 ° 44 ′ W

[1] GNIS-ID: 516966. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).

[2] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Kentucky . National Park Service , accessed October 23, 2017.

[3] Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed October 23, 2017.

[4] US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 18, 2011

[5] Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 18, 2011

[6] Extract from census.gov (2000 + 2010). Accessed April 2, 2012

[7] Woodford County, Kentucky , 2000 census data sheet at factfinder.census.gov .