Breckinridge County, Kentucky
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Congressional district | 2nd |
Website | breckinridgeky |
Breckinridge County is a
History
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The area presently bounded by Kentucky state lines was a part of the U.S. State of Virginia, known as Kentucky County when the British colonies separated themselves in the American Revolutionary War. In 1780, the Virginia legislature divided the previous Kentucky County into three smaller units: Fayette, Jefferson, and Lincoln. In 1791, this area was separated into the State of Kentucky; it became effective on June 1, 1792. From that time, the original three counties were divided several times. A portion of Jefferson County was split off as Nelson County in 1784; a portion of Nelson was split off as Hardin County in 1792; the present Breckinridge County was split off from Hardin in 1799.
In August 1779, Sinclair Hardin (first cousin of Captain
The Judge-Executive of Breckinridge County from 1801 to 1805 was William Comstock. Jo Allen was the county clerk, and Ben Huff was the sheriff.[8]
During the
During the nineteenth century, the Victoria Coal Mines, named in honor of British Queen Victoria, were the first to produce coal oil, and Cloverport exported it to Great Britain, where it was used to light Buckingham Palace.
United States Supreme Court Justice
On June 6, 1932, at Hardinsburg, Sam Jennings became the penultimate person to be publicly executed in the United States.
In the 1950s, Rough River Dam State Resort Park was developed at the southern border of the county.
A third courthouse fire nearly destroyed county records in 1958.
Breckinridge County High School won the 1965 and 1995 Kentucky High School Athletic Association's Boys' Basketball tournaments.
The Breckinridge County Archives, formed in 1984, was the first state-funded archival repository in the history of the United States and is known across the nation as an excellent resource for genealogical and historical research.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 586 square miles (1,520 km2), of which 567 square miles (1,470 km2) is land and 18 square miles (47 km2) (3.2%) is water.[11]
Adjacent counties
- Perry County, Indiana (northwest)
- Meade County (northeast/EST Border)
- Hardin County (east/EST Border)
- Grayson County (south)
- Ohio County (southwest)
- Hancock County (west)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1810 | 3,430 | — | |
1820 | 7,485 | 118.2% | |
1830 | 7,345 | −1.9% | |
1840 | 8,944 | 21.8% | |
1850 | 10,593 | 18.4% | |
1860 | 13,236 | 25.0% | |
1870 | 13,440 | 1.5% | |
1880 | 17,486 | 30.1% | |
1890 | 21,034 | 20.3% | |
1900 | 20,534 | −2.4% | |
1910 | 21,034 | 2.4% | |
1920 | 19,652 | −6.6% | |
1930 | 17,368 | −11.6% | |
1940 | 17,744 | 2.2% | |
1950 | 15,528 | −12.5% | |
1960 | 14,734 | −5.1% | |
1970 | 14,789 | 0.4% | |
1980 | 16,861 | 14.0% | |
1990 | 16,312 | −3.3% | |
2000 | 18,648 | 14.3% | |
2010 | 20,059 | 7.6% | |
2020 | 20,432 | 1.9% | |
2023 (est.) | 21,124 | [12] | 3.4% |
U.S. Decennial Census[13] 1790-1960[14] 1900-1990[15] 1990-2000[16] 2010-2020[1] |
As of the
There were 7,324 households, out of which 31.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.60% were married couples living together, 8.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.50% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.97.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.90% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 26.70% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 14.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 98.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.30 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $30,554, and the median income for a family was $36,575. Males had a median income of $31,004 versus $19,371 for females. The
Education
K-12 education
School districts include:[17]
It also has a private school:
- Saint Romuald Interparochial School
Library
Breckinridge County Public Library is located at 308 Old Highway 60 in Hardinsburg, Kentucky.
Higher education
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Communities
Cities
- Cloverport
- Hardinsburg (county seat)
- Irvington
Unincorporated Communities A–L
- Addison
- Axtel
- Bewleyville
- Big Spring (partially in Hardin County and Meade County in the Eastern Time Zone)
- Cannons Point
- Clifton Mills
- Constantine
- Custer
- Dyer
- Fairfield
- Falls of Rough (mostly in Grayson County)
- Fisher
- Frymire
- Garfield
- Glen Dean
- Harned
- Hinton Hills
- Holt
- Hudson
- Kingswood
- Kirk
- Locust Hill
- Lodiburg
Unincorporated Communities M–Z
Notable natives
- Alfred "Butch" Beard - professional basketball player and coach
- David "Big Dave" DeJernett - professional basketball player
- Philip Leget Edwards - American educator
- Commissioner of Patents, and Postmaster General.
- Bobbi Jordan - American actress
- John Alexander McClernand- Union General during the American Civil War
- Charles Harwood Moorman—Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals, Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, and Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- George W. Swink - businessman
- Kentucky State Senate
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 7,701 | 75.49% | 2,350 | 23.04% | 150 | 1.47% |
2016 | 6,484 | 73.90% | 1,960 | 22.34% | 330 | 3.76% |
2012 | 5,025 | 63.06% | 2,825 | 35.45% | 119 | 1.49% |
2008 | 5,281 | 61.97% | 3,110 | 36.49% | 131 | 1.54% |
2004 | 5,580 | 65.49% | 2,884 | 33.85% | 56 | 0.66% |
2000 | 4,763 | 63.91% | 2,595 | 34.82% | 95 | 1.27% |
1996 | 3,151 | 46.36% | 2,956 | 43.49% | 690 | 10.15% |
1992 | 2,941 | 41.94% | 3,113 | 44.39% | 959 | 13.67% |
1988 | 3,841 | 57.99% | 2,765 | 41.75% | 17 | 0.26% |
1984 | 4,432 | 62.14% | 2,669 | 37.42% | 31 | 0.43% |
1980 | 3,629 | 52.66% | 3,163 | 45.90% | 99 | 1.44% |
1976 | 2,698 | 44.15% | 3,347 | 54.77% | 66 | 1.08% |
1972 | 3,574 | 64.25% | 1,921 | 34.53% | 68 | 1.22% |
1968 | 2,779 | 47.32% | 2,024 | 34.46% | 1,070 | 18.22% |
1964 | 2,167 | 36.66% | 3,733 | 63.15% | 11 | 0.19% |
1960 | 3,979 | 55.92% | 3,136 | 44.08% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 3,784 | 56.72% | 2,867 | 42.98% | 20 | 0.30% |
1952 | 3,078 | 51.98% | 2,828 | 47.75% | 16 | 0.27% |
1948 | 2,407 | 46.38% | 2,623 | 50.54% | 160 | 3.08% |
1944 | 3,292 | 52.94% | 2,889 | 46.46% | 37 | 0.60% |
1940 | 3,258 | 49.43% | 3,296 | 50.01% | 37 | 0.56% |
1936 | 2,898 | 46.55% | 3,233 | 51.94% | 94 | 1.51% |
1932 | 3,237 | 45.69% | 3,814 | 53.83% | 34 | 0.48% |
1928 | 4,783 | 61.53% | 2,987 | 38.43% | 3 | 0.04% |
1924 | 3,832 | 53.37% | 3,230 | 44.99% | 118 | 1.64% |
1920 | 4,368 | 53.93% | 3,702 | 45.71% | 29 | 0.36% |
1916 | 2,549 | 53.23% | 2,172 | 45.35% | 68 | 1.42% |
1912 | 1,163 | 25.91% | 1,967 | 43.82% | 1,359 | 30.27% |
See also
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References
- ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. p. 34.
- ^ "Brekinridge County". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. 2000. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
- ^ Collins, Lewis (1882). Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Vol. 2. Collins & Co. p. 26.
- ^ a b Jolly, Henry C. April 25, 1902. "Interesting History of Indian Bill Hardin". The Breckinridge Democrat.
- ^ a b c Perrin, W.H. 1885. A History of the State of Kentucky. pp. 1039–1042; 1081, 1082. Retrieved from [1] and [2]
- ^ Breckinridge Bicentennial Committee Program. Accessed from Breckinridge Historical Archives.
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- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Breckinridge County, KY" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022. - Text list - For more detailed boundaries of the independent school districts see: "Appendix B: Maps Of Independent School Districts In Operation In FY 2014-FY 2015 Using 2005 Tax District Boundaries – Cloverport ISD" (PDF). Research Report No. 415 – Kentucky's Independent School Districts: A Primer. Frankfort, KY: Office of Education Accountability, Legislative Research Commission. September 15, 2015. p. 98 (PDF p. 112/174). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 10, 2020.
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