Rowan County (Kentucky)
Rowan County is one of 120 counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Morehead.
Geography
Rowan County is located in the mountainous north-east of the state, the so-called Eastern Coal Field. The landscape of the county is dominated by the surrounding mountains. A large part of its area is part of the Daniel Boone National Forest and is characterized by hardwood forests. It has an area of 741 square kilometers, of which 14 square kilometers are water surface.
The County is bordered by the following counties: Fleming County, Lewis County, Carter County, Elliott County, Morgan County, Menifee County and Bath County. The only major town is Morehead with a population of about 8400 inhabitants.
History
The Rowan County was formed in 1856 from parts of the County Fleming County and Morgan County. It was thus the 104th Kentucky County. It was named after the politician John Rowan, who had the State of Kentucky represented initially in the House of Representatives ( 1807-1809 ), and later in the Senate ( 1825-1831 ). As the administrative center of Morehead City was founded.
In the 60s of the 19th century, numerous, scattered small communities existed in Rowan County. Attached was mainly corn and it evolved into a timber industry, favored by large areas of forest and the ability to transport the felled tree trunks on the rivers Triplett Creek and Licking River. Early centers of the timber industry were the places Farmers, Rodburn, Eadston and Brady. Near the villages of Rockville and Bluestone emerged coal mines and quarries.
Economy
About a third of the county are agricultural land. The natural resources of the county include wood, limestone, clay and coal.
Demographic data
1900-1990 2000 2010
According to the census in 2000, lived in Rowan County 22,094 people in 7,927 households and 5,215 families. The population density was 30 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.98 percent White, 1.56 percent African American, 0.21 percent Native American, 0.89 percent Asian, 0.01 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.38 percent from other races groups; 0.97 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.06 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Of the 7,927 households out of which 30.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 52.4 percent were married couples living together, 10.2 percent were single mothers, 34.2 percent were non-families, 27.0 percent of all households and 9.2 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.
Based on the county the population was spread from 20.3 percent population under 18 years, 23.5 percent between 18 and 24 years, 25.9 percent between 25 and 44 years, 20.0 percent between 45 and 64 years and 10.4 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 30 years. For every 100 females there were 94.6 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 93.1 men statistically.
The median income for a household was $ 28,055, and the median income for a family was $ 34,338. Males have a median income of $ 26,777, women $ 20,104. The per capita income was $ 13,888. 15.9 percent of families and 21.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 20.8 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 16.2 percent of those 65 years.
Places in County
- Bangor
- Bluestone
- Brady
- Christy
- Clearfield
- Cogswell
- Craney
- Cranston
- Elliottville
- Farmers
- Gates
- Haldeman
- Hamim
- Hays Crossing
- Hilda
- Lakeview Heights
- Lick Fork
- Minor
- Morehead
- Paragon
- Ramey
- Rodburn
- Sharkey
- Smile
- Triplet
- Waltz