Harrison County (Kentucky)

Harrison County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. The administrative headquarters ( County Seat) is Cynthiana, which was named after the daughters Cynthia and Anna by Robert Harrison, the founder of the land on which they built the town.

Geography

The County is located in northeastern Kentucky, is in the north about 30 miles from Ohio, located in the north-west about 65 miles from Indianapolis and has an area of 803 square kilometers, of which one square kilometers of water surface. It is bordered clockwise to the following counties: Pendleton County, Bracken County, Robertson County, Nicholas County, Bourbon County, Scott County and Grant County.

History

Harrison County was formed on December 21, 1793 from portions of Bourbon County and Scott County. It was named for Colonel Benjamin Harrison, an early settler in the area. On 11 and 12 June 1864 battle between the North and South took place during the Civil War near Kellar Bridge. These were on the Union side, the 168th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the 171st Ohio National Guard and the Kentucky Harrison County Home Guards, who fought against the Confederate Morgan's Division The battle ended in victory for the Union, in each case on both sides over 1,000 men have fallen.

Demographic data

1900-1990 2000 2010

According to the census in 2000, lived in Harrison County 17,983 people in 7,012 households and 5,062 families. The population density was 22 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was made up of 95.65 percent White, 2.52 percent African American, 0.28 percent Native American, 0.13 percent Asian, 0.02 percent of residents from the Pacific Islander and 0.63 percent from other races groups; 0.77 percent were descended from two or more races. 1.15 percent of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 7,012 households out of which 33.5 percent have children under the age of 18 living with them. 58.0 percent were married couples living together, 10.3 percent were single mothers, 27.8 percent were non-families, 24.0 percent of all households and 11.2 percent lived in people aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 2.99.

Based on the county the population was spread from 25.0 percent population under 18 years, 8.2 percent between 18 and 24 years, 29.8 percent between 25 and 44 years, 23.6 percent between 45 and 64 years and 13.4 percent were 65 years old or older. The average age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.0 males. For every 100 females aged 18 years old or over, there were 92.5 men statistically.

The median income for a household was $ 36,210, and the median income for a family was $ 42,065. Males have a median income of $ 31,045, women $ 23,268. The per capita income was $ 17,478. 9.4 percent of families and 12.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line. Of these, 15.8 percent were children or adolescents under age 18 and 10.7 percent of those 65 years.

Places in County

Alberta
Antioch
Belmont
Berry
Boyd
Breckinridge
Broadwell
Buena Vista
Claysville
Colemans Ville
Colville
Connersville
Cynthiana
Durbintown
Garnett
Hinton
Kelat
Lair
Lees Lick
Leesburg
Oddville
Poindexter
Renaker
Robinson
Rutland
Sunrise
Sylva Dell
Venus

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