Georgetown (Kentucky)
Scott County
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Georgetown is a town with 29,098 inhabitants in the state of Kentucky in the United States.
The city is located in Scott County and is the home of Georgetown College. Mid-1980s, the Einwohnerwachsum the city began to rise, as there Toyota built a factory for engine production in 1988. Georgetown is also the training ground of the NFL teams of the Cincinnati Bengals.
Geographical location
According to the United States Census Bureau, George Town spreads over an area of 35.5 km ², of which 0 km ² is covered by water. Georgetown is thus 100% on land.
History
The minister Elijah Craig and other church members from Virginia were the end of 1785 the first residents of Georgetown. On December 16, 1790, the village was registered as a town. Craig founded a factory which is responsible for the cloth and paper production war.1789 he founded a distillery in the town as well as a classical school, which formed the basis for the Georgetown College.
Vital statistics
According to the 2000 census, living in Georgetown 18,080 people in 6,703 households and 4,618 families. The population density of 508.7 persons / km ². The white population is most vertteten with 88.68 %, followed by the African-American population is 8.01%.
The median income for a household is $ 42,186, with runs the median income for a family $ 50,743. The per capita income for the city is $ 18,859. Approximately 10.7 % of the population lives below the poverty line.
Education
The Georgetown College is a liberal arts college in the town center.
In Georgetown there are currently seven Elementary Schools, three Middle Schools and High School. These all belong to the school system of Scott County. Due to the growing population of the construction of additional schools is planned.
Among the schools in Georgetown following include:
- Garth Elementary
- Northern Elementary
- Southern Elementary
- Eastern Elementary
- Western Elementary
- Anne Mason Elementary
- Royal Spring Middle School
- Georgetown Middle School
- Scott County Middle School
- Scott County High School
Twinning
Georgetown is twinned with:
- Tahara, Japan
Sons and daughters of the town
- Benjamin Franklin Bradley, politician, Member of the Konföderiertenkongress
- J. Campbell Cantrill, politician and Congressman from Kentucky
- Basil Wilson Duke, Brigadier General of the Confederate Army in the Civil War
- James Fisher Robinson, politician and 22nd Governor of Kentucky
- John McCracken Robinson, politician and senator of the United States
- Steve Zahn, actor