Nicholas County, Kentucky
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Congressional district | 6th |
Website | nicholascounty |
Nicholas County is a
History
Nicholas County was established in 1799 from land given by Bourbon and Mason counties. Nicholas was the 42nd
Geography
According to the
Adjacent counties
- Robertson County (north)
- Fleming County (northeast)
- Bath County (southeast)
- Bourbon County (southwest)
- Harrison County (northwest)
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1810 | 4,898 | — | |
1820 | 7,973 | 62.8% | |
1830 | 8,834 | 10.8% | |
1840 | 8,745 | −1.0% | |
1850 | 10,361 | 18.5% | |
1860 | 11,030 | 6.5% | |
1870 | 9,129 | −17.2% | |
1880 | 11,869 | 30.0% | |
1890 | 10,764 | −9.3% | |
1900 | 11,952 | 11.0% | |
1910 | 10,601 | −11.3% | |
1920 | 9,894 | −6.7% | |
1930 | 8,571 | −13.4% | |
1940 | 8,617 | 0.5% | |
1950 | 7,532 | −12.6% | |
1960 | 6,677 | −11.4% | |
1970 | 6,508 | −2.5% | |
1980 | 7,157 | 10.0% | |
1990 | 6,725 | −6.0% | |
2000 | 6,813 | 1.3% | |
2010 | 7,135 | 4.7% | |
2020 | 7,537 | 5.6% | |
2023 (est.) | 7,686 | [9] | 2.0% |
U.S. Decennial Census[10] 1790-1960[11] 1900-1990[12] 1990-2000[13] 2010-2021[14] |
As of the
There were 2,809 households, out of which 29.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.60% were married couples living together, 11.10% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.40% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.30% 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 26.40% under the age of 19, 4.8% from 20 to 24, 25.50% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40.5 years. For every 100 females there were 93.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.30 males.
The median income for a household in the county was $40,259, and the median income for a family was $43,410. The
Politics
Year | Republican | Democratic | Third party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
2020 | 2,408 | 70.91% | 955 | 28.12% | 33 | 0.97% |
2016 | 1,957 | 68.88% | 787 | 27.70% | 97 | 3.41% |
2012 | 1,583 | 61.33% | 948 | 36.73% | 50 | 1.94% |
2008 | 1,634 | 55.02% | 1,272 | 42.83% | 64 | 2.15% |
2004 | 1,700 | 55.57% | 1,332 | 43.54% | 27 | 0.88% |
2000 | 1,613 | 60.34% | 994 | 37.19% | 66 | 2.47% |
1996 | 950 | 41.11% | 1,092 | 47.25% | 269 | 11.64% |
1992 | 894 | 32.05% | 1,341 | 48.08% | 554 | 19.86% |
1988 | 1,271 | 49.67% | 1,242 | 48.53% | 46 | 1.80% |
1984 | 1,535 | 57.38% | 1,107 | 41.38% | 33 | 1.23% |
1980 | 915 | 38.92% | 1,349 | 57.38% | 87 | 3.70% |
1976 | 738 | 31.03% | 1,582 | 66.53% | 58 | 2.44% |
1972 | 1,076 | 56.22% | 804 | 42.01% | 34 | 1.78% |
1968 | 725 | 35.16% | 911 | 44.18% | 426 | 20.66% |
1964 | 621 | 26.11% | 1,742 | 73.25% | 15 | 0.63% |
1960 | 1,058 | 42.10% | 1,455 | 57.90% | 0 | 0.00% |
1956 | 999 | 37.07% | 1,667 | 61.86% | 29 | 1.08% |
1952 | 1,156 | 38.80% | 1,819 | 61.06% | 4 | 0.13% |
1948 | 815 | 29.27% | 1,885 | 67.71% | 84 | 3.02% |
1944 | 1,059 | 36.71% | 1,813 | 62.84% | 13 | 0.45% |
1940 | 1,207 | 36.08% | 2,124 | 63.50% | 14 | 0.42% |
1936 | 1,277 | 35.28% | 2,325 | 64.23% | 18 | 0.50% |
1932 | 1,219 | 30.57% | 2,728 | 68.41% | 41 | 1.03% |
1928 | 1,867 | 50.36% | 1,836 | 49.53% | 4 | 0.11% |
1924 | 1,348 | 37.19% | 2,235 | 61.66% | 42 | 1.16% |
1920 | 1,496 | 33.29% | 2,953 | 65.71% | 45 | 1.00% |
1916 | 964 | 34.09% | 1,829 | 64.67% | 35 | 1.24% |
1912 | 700 | 26.95% | 1,611 | 62.03% | 286 | 11.01% |
Communities
Cities
- Carlisle (county seat)
Unincorporated Communities
Notable residents
- Barton Stone Alexander, born in Nicholas County, brigadier general in the American Civil War, designer of Fort McPherson[17]
- Kanawha Valley, Virginia. Circa 1798, Boone moved to the mouth of the Little Sandy River at the site of present-day Greenup, Kentucky. Boone left Kentucky with his extended family for Missouri in 1799. While in Nicholas County, Boone lived on the Brushy Fork of Hinkston Creek in a cabin owned by his son Daniel Morgan Boone.[18][19]
- Thomas Metcalfe (March 20, 1780 – August 18, 1855), also known as Thomas Metcalf or as "Stonehammer", was a U.S. Representative, Senator, and the tenth Governor of Kentucky. Following his political career, he retired to "Forest Retreat", his estate in Nicholas County, where he died of cholera in 1855. Metcalfe County, Kentucky was named in his honor.[20]
- Author Barbara Kingsolver was raised in Carlisle, Nicholas County.[21]
- Joseph Drake was born in Nicholas County. Drake was a lawyer, plantation owner, and Colonel in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War.
- David Rice Atchison (1807–1886) lived for a brief period in Nicholas County and holds the distinction of (possibly) being President of the United States for one day.[22]
See also
References
- ^ "Census - Geography Profile: Nicholas County, Kentucky". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ "Nicholas County". Archived from the original on July 17, 2019. Retrieved January 29, 2013.
- ^ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. pp. 36.
- ^ Collins, Lewis (1882). Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Volume 2. Collins & Company. p. 26.
- ^ "History". Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park. Kentucky Department of Parks. Retrieved September 23, 2013.
- ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
- ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 19, 2014.
- ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 27, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 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.
- ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. 1963.
- ^ Boone A Biography. Robert Morgan: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. 2007.
- ^ "Daniel Boone's Cabin | Carlisle & Nicholas County, KY".
- ^ Carolyn Murray-Wooley (May 1984). "Kentucky Historic Resources Inventory: Thomas Metcalf House". National Park Service.
- ^ "Barbara Kingsolver Biography".
- ^ Atchison, David Rice." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed