Gallatin County (Kentucky)

Gallatin County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Warsaw, which was named after the Polish capital Warsaw.

Geography

The County is located in northern Kentucky, is bordered to the northwest by the State of Indiana, separated by the Ohio River and has an area of 271 square kilometers, of which 15 square kilometers are water surface. It borders in Kentucky clockwise to the following counties: Boone County, Grant County, Owen County and Carroll County.

History

Gallatin County was formed on December 14, 1798 as 31 County from parts of Franklin County and Shelby County. It was named after Albert Gallatin, a U.S. Treasury, ethnologist, linguist and diplomat. In the following period were obtained from the County, the County Owen (1819 ), the Trimble County ( 1836) and Carroll County ( 1838) formed. The current size of the county is still only 10 percent of the formerly formed.

After the Civil War it came near Warsaw, on the Ohio one of the largest steamboat accidents of history. Two passenger ships, America and the United States. The United States also had loaded a cargo of kerosene, which ignited in the accident and both ships caught fire. The accident claimed 162 lives.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000 lived in Gallatin County 7,870 people in 2,902 households and 2,135 families. The population density was 31 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 1.6 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.0 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 2,902 households out of which 37.0 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.0 percent were married couples living together, 10.7 percent were single mothers, 26.4 percent were non-families, 22.0 percent of all households and 8.2 percent had someone living alone at the age of 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.11.

Based on the county the population was spread from 28.6 percent population under 18 years, 7.7 percent between 18 and 24 years, 31.0 percent between 25 and 44 years, 22.5 percent between 45 and 64 years and 10.3 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 96.0 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 36,422, and the median income for a family was $ 41,136. Males have a median income of $ 32,081, women $ 21,803. The per capita income was $ 16,416. 11.6 percent of families and 13.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 16.6 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 16.4 percent of those 65 years.

Places in County

• Carson
• Ethridge
• Glencoe
• Munk
• Napoleon
• Ryle
• Sparta
• Warsaw