Perryville, Kentucky

Perryville, Kentucky
City
View of Perryville along US-150 (2nd Street)
FIPS code		21-60258
GNIS feature ID	2404507[4]

Perryville (

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History

The site was first settled by

In 1815, Edward Bullock and William Hall laid out a new town at the site named for

state legislature

incorporated the city in 1817. [2] In the late 1830s, a line of buildings next to the Chaplin River formed the basis of the village of Perryville. Now called "Merchants' Row," these buildings still stand.^[6]

The early nineteenth century revived interest in classical education for the small town. Many institutions of higher learning, mostly all-women's colleges, were established, including the Ewing Institute, the

In October 1862, the fields west of town were the site of the Battle of Perryville, an important encounter in the American Civil War that ended the Kentucky Campaign of Confederate generals Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith. The Perryville Battlefield is preserved as a state park, and is the site of a reenactment of the battle every year.^[7]

In 1961, Perryville and the surrounding area was made part of a

Geography

Perryville is located at the junction of

.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.81 square miles (2.1 km²), of which 0.77 square miles (2.0 km²) is land and 0.015 square miles (0.04 km²), or 1.84%, is water.^[8]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1830	283		—
1870	479		—
1880	498		4.0%
1890	436		−12.4%
1900	481		10.3%
1910	407		−15.4%
1920	631		55.0%
1930	349		−44.7%
1940	462		32.4%
1950	660		42.9%
1960	715		8.3%
1970	730		2.1%
1980	841		15.2%
1990	815		−3.1%
2000	763		−6.4%
2010	751		−1.6%
2020	782		4.1%
U.S. Decennial Census[9]

As of the

, and 1.57% from two or more races.

There were 348 households, out of which 27.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.8% were married couples living together, 15.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 35.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.1% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 21.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 79.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,594, and the median income for a family was $36,042. Males had a median income of $30,250 versus $25,938 for females. The

, including 19.3% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over

Notable people

• Camp Nelson
  , and co-founder of the Colored Orphans Industrial Home in Lexington, Kentucky
• Jesse Valencia (1981–2004), murder victim

References

External links

• Historic Perryville KY, community page
• Battle of Perryville Reenactment
• Danville-Boyle County Convention & Visitors Bureau