Clinton County, Kentucky
Clinton County | |
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Congressional district | 1st |
Website | clintoncounty |
Clinton County is a
History
Clinton County was formed on February 20, 1835, from portions of Cumberland and Wayne counties. It was named for DeWitt Clinton, governor of New York and driving force behind the Erie Canal.[4]
Courthouse fires in 1864 (Civil War guerrillas) and 1980 resulted in the destruction of county records, but in the latter case, local volunteers' assistance successfully preserved almost all records.[5]
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Russell County (north)
- Wayne County (east/EST border)
- Pickett County, Tennessee (south)
- Clay County, Tennessee (southwest)
- Cumberland County (west)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1840 | 3,863 | — | |
1850 | 4,889 | 26.6% | |
1860 | 5,781 | 18.2% | |
1870 | 6,497 | 12.4% | |
1880 | 7,212 | 11.0% | |
1890 | 7,047 | −2.3% | |
1900 | 7,871 | 11.7% | |
1910 | 8,153 | 3.6% | |
1920 | 8,589 | 5.3% | |
1930 | 9,004 | 4.8% | |
1940 | 10,279 | 14.2% | |
1950 | 10,650 | 3.6% | |
1960 | 8,886 | −16.6% | |
1970 | 8,174 | −8.0% | |
1980 | 9,321 | 14.0% | |
1990 | 9,135 | −2.0% | |
2000 | 9,634 | 5.5% | |
2010 | 10,272 | 6.6% | |
2020 | 9,253 | −9.9% | |
2023 (est.) | 9,148 | [7] | −1.1% |
U.S. Decennial Census[8] 1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10] 1990-2000[11] 2010-2021[12] |
As of the
There were 4,086 households, out of which 29.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.50% were married couples living together, 9.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.20% were non-families. 28.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.80% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.34 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the county, the population was spread out, with 22.70% under the age of 18, 8.60% from 18 to 24, 27.70% from 25 to 44, 26.00% from 45 to 64, and 15.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.50 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $19,563, and the median income for a family was $25,919. Males had a median income of $21,193 versus $16,194 for females. The
Communities
- Aaron
- Abstons Corner
- Albany (county seat)
- Alpha
- Browns Crossroads
- Bug
- Cannons Mill
- Cartwright
- Cedar Knob
- Churntop
- Cumberland City
- Decide
- Dicken
- Fairland
- Five Springs
- Highway
- Hobart
- Hogback
- Huntersville
- Ida
- Jones Mill
- Lettered Oak
- Marlow
- Narvel
- Nora
- Pikeview
- Rolan
- Savage
- Seventy Six
- Shipley
- Snow
- Sparta
- Static‡
- Upchurch
- Wago
- Watauga
- Willis Creek
- Wolf River Dock
Politics
In presidential elections Clinton County has been overwhelmingly Republican ever since
The last Democrat to carry Clinton County was Horatio Seymour in 1868 – when party realignment was just beginning – and the last Democrat to pass so much as 30 percent of the county's vote was Grover Cleveland in 1888. Nor has any Republican in this time span – even William Howard Taft during the divided 1912 election – fallen short of 60 percent. Jackson County is the only other county in the United States that has seen no Democrat reach 30 percent since the beginning of the 1890s, and apart from these two only Hooker County, Nebraska has seen no Democrat reach 30 percent since 1940.
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 4,280 | 86.78% | 603 | 12.23% | 49 | 0.99% |
2016 | 3,809 | 85.37% | 547 | 12.26% | 106 | 2.38% |
2012 | 3,569 | 81.24% | 752 | 17.12% | 72 | 1.64% |
2008 | 3,366 | 80.68% | 761 | 18.24% | 45 | 1.08% |
2004 | 3,369 | 77.41% | 952 | 21.88% | 31 | 0.71% |
2000 | 3,224 | 74.89% | 1,032 | 23.97% | 49 | 1.14% |
1996 | 2,521 | 63.41% | 1,072 | 26.96% | 383 | 9.63% |
1992 | 2,830 | 63.80% | 1,241 | 27.98% | 365 | 8.23% |
1988 | 3,248 | 77.80% | 899 | 21.53% | 28 | 0.67% |
1984 | 3,459 | 80.03% | 838 | 19.39% | 25 | 0.58% |
1980 | 3,539 | 77.10% | 1,000 | 21.79% | 51 | 1.11% |
1976 | 2,354 | 69.46% | 987 | 29.12% | 48 | 1.42% |
1972 | 2,632 | 79.59% | 659 | 19.93% | 16 | 0.48% |
1968 | 2,572 | 75.09% | 568 | 16.58% | 285 | 8.32% |
1964 | 2,351 | 69.78% | 994 | 29.50% | 24 | 0.71% |
1960 | 3,524 | 84.11% | 666 | 15.89% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 3,396 | 81.89% | 747 | 18.01% | 4 | 0.10% |
1952 | 2,856 | 80.54% | 678 | 19.12% | 12 | 0.34% |
1948 | 2,295 | 74.22% | 709 | 22.93% | 88 | 2.85% |
1944 | 2,618 | 82.20% | 564 | 17.71% | 3 | 0.09% |
1940 | 2,573 | 77.31% | 755 | 22.69% | 0 | 0.00% |
1936 | 2,147 | 75.39% | 701 | 24.61% | 0 | 0.00% |
1932 | 2,422 | 72.73% | 908 | 27.27% | 0 | 0.00% |
1928 | 2,580 | 88.81% | 325 | 11.19% | 0 | 0.00% |
1924 | 2,069 | 78.70% | 543 | 20.65% | 17 | 0.65% |
1920 | 2,356 | 84.20% | 431 | 15.40% | 11 | 0.39% |
1916 | 1,260 | 76.23% | 379 | 22.93% | 14 | 0.85% |
1912 | 828 | 65.25% | 310 | 24.43% | 131 | 10.32% |
See also
- Garlin Murl Conner
- Champ Ferguson
- Preston Leslie
- Dry counties
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Clinton County, Kentucky
References
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- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Clinton County". The Kentucky Encyclopedia. 2000. Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved August 21, 2014.
- ^ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. pp. 34.
- ISBN 9780916489496. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
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- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ 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
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". USElectionAtlas.org. Retrieved July 29, 2017.