Metcalfe County, Kentucky

Metcalfe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 10,099.[1] Its county seat is Edmonton.[2] The county was founded in May 1860 and named for Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of Kentucky from 1828 to 1832.[3][4] It is historically a prohibition or dry county, although as of the uncertified vote of June 28, 2016, the county is no longer dry.

Metcalfe County
U.S. county
Metcalfe County Courthouse in Edmonton
Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky
Kentucky's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 36°59′N 85°38′W
Country United States
State Kentucky
Founded1860
Named forThomas Metcalfe
SeatEdmonton
Largest cityEdmonton
Area
 • Total291 sq mi (750 km2)
 • Land290 sq mi (800 km2)
 • Water1.5 sq mi (4 km2)  0.5%%
Population
 • Estimate 
(2018)
10,030
 • Density35/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional district1st
Websitewww.metcalfecounty.com

Metcalfe County is part of the Glasgow, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Bowling Green-Glasgow, KY Combined Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 291 square miles (750 km2), of which 290 square miles (750 km2) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2) (0.5%) is water.[5]

Adjacent counties

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18707,934—
18809,42318.8%
18909,8714.8%
19009,9881.2%
191010,4534.7%
192010,075−3.6%
19309,373−7.0%
194010,85315.8%
19509,851−9.2%
19608,367−15.1%
19708,177−2.3%
19809,48416.0%
19908,963−5.5%
200010,03712.0%
201010,0990.6%
Est. 201810,030[6]−0.7%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790–1960[8] 1900–1990[9]
1990–2000[10] 2010–2013[1]

As of the census[11] of 2000, there were 10,037 people, 4,016 households, and 2,883 families residing in the county. The population density was 34 per square mile (13/km2). There were 4,592 housing units at an average density of 16 per square mile (6.2/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 97.26% White, 1.64% Black or African American, 0.25% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.13% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. 0.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,016 households out of which 32.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.10% were married couples living together, 10.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.20% were non-families. 25.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county, the population was spread out with 24.60% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 28.50% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $23,540, and the median income for a family was $29,178. Males had a median income of $22,430 versus $18,591 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,236. About 18.80% of families and 23.60% of the population were below the poverty line, including 29.20% of those under age 18 and 27.90% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

City

Census-designated place

Other unincorporated communities
  • Wiblur Glass Rd,, Kentucky/Randolph

Landmarks
  • The Cut
  • Devil's Den Cave

Ghost Towns

Politics
Presidential elections results
Presidential elections results[12]
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
2016 75.6% 3,491 21.1% 976 3.3% 153
2012 64.0% 2,676 34.1% 1,425 2.0% 83
2008 65.1% 2,734 32.2% 1,350 2.7% 115
2004 63.6% 2,645 35.4% 1,472 1.0% 40
2000 64.3% 2,476 34.2% 1,318 1.4% 55
1996 48.9% 1,651 40.0% 1,349 11.2% 377
1992 44.1% 1,683 44.7% 1,703 11.2% 427
1988 55.7% 2,179 43.6% 1,705 0.8% 31
1984 59.6% 2,349 39.9% 1,575 0.5% 20
1980 54.3% 2,013 43.9% 1,628 1.8% 66
1976 41.5% 1,356 57.5% 1,877 1.0% 33
1972 58.6% 1,896 40.4% 1,308 1.1% 34
1968 51.4% 1,566 32.9% 1,001 15.7% 479
1964 39.3% 1,277 60.5% 1,967 0.3% 8
1960 58.0% 2,146 42.0% 1,553
1956 54.4% 2,412 45.4% 2,014 0.3% 12
1952 53.9% 2,176 45.8% 1,848 0.3% 13
1948 48.7% 1,640 50.0% 1,683 1.4% 46
1944 57.5% 2,306 42.2% 1,694 0.3% 12
1940 54.6% 2,206 45.2% 1,826 0.3% 12
1936 50.3% 1,777 49.5% 1,748 0.1% 5
1932 46.4% 1,729 53.2% 1,985 0.4% 16
1928 66.9% 2,314 33.1% 1,144 0.0% 0
1924 53.2% 1,450 46.3% 1,262 0.6% 16
1920 55.5% 1,809 44.3% 1,442 0.3% 8
1916 51.0% 1,107 48.2% 1,046 0.9% 19
1912 23.9% 482 44.0% 887 32.2% 649

Metcalfe County lies at the northwestern end of the Unionist bloc of counties that covered the eastern Pennyroyal and the Pottsville Escarpment of the Eastern Coalfield. Metcalfe itself was strongly Unionist during the Civil War,[13] and has been Republican for almost all the period since Reconstruction, though not to the same overwhelming extent as the counties to its east and south: Jimmy Carter even obtained 57 percent of the vote in 1976, and four other Democrats have narrowly carried the county since 1880 – although, as with all of rural Appalachia, the county has become overwhelmingly Republican in the twenty-first century due to views on environmental, social and cultural issues increasingly at odds with the national Democratic party.[14]

See also

References
  1. "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. E., Kleber, John; Kentucky, University Press of; Policy, Institute for Regional Analysis and Public; Library, Camden-Carroll; University, Morehead State (2000). "The Kentucky Encyclopedia". www.kyenc.org. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  4. The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. pp. 36.
  5. "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  6. "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved July 29, 2019.
  7. "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  8. "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  9. "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  10. "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
  11. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  12. Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-07-04.
  13. Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October 1973), pp. 344–363
  14. Cohn, Nate; ‘Demographic Shift: Southern Whites’ Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats’, New York Times, April 24, 2014

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