Flemingsburg, Kentucky: Difference between revisions

| official_name = Flemingsburg, Kentucky

| settlement_type = [[list of Kentucky cities|City]]

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| motto = "The friendly town that hospitality built"

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|government_type postal_code = 41041

|leader_title area_code = [[Area =code 606|606]]

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'''Flemingsburg''' is a [[list of Kentucky cities|home rule-class city]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klc.org/UserFiles/files/ClassificationReformFACT(3).pdf |title=Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform |publisher=Kentucky League of Cities |accessdateaccess-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> in [[Fleming County, Kentucky|Fleming County]], [[Kentucky]], in the [[United States]]. The population was 2,953 at the 2020 census,<ref name="GR2" /> up from 2,658 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2127856| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001), Flemingsburg city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American FactFinder| accessdateaccess-date=May 20, 2016}}<| archive-url=https:/ref>/archive.today/20200213052125/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2127856| down fromarchive-date=February 313,010 at the [[2000 United States Census2020|2000 census]].url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the [[county seat|seat]] of Fleming County.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |accessdateaccess-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |deadurlurl-status=yesdead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archivedatearchive-date=2011-05-31 |df= }}</ref>

Flemingsburg is located northwest of the center of Fleming County at {{Coord|38|25|14|N|83|44|15|W|type:city}} (38.420541, -83.737581).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is in northeastern Kentucky, {{convert|17|mi}} south of [[Maysville, Kentucky|Maysville]], {{convert|31|mi}} northeast of [[Mt. Sterling, Kentucky|Mt. Sterling]], and {{Convert|38|mi}} northeast of [[Paris, Kentucky|Paris]].

Flemingsburg was founded in 1797 by George S. Stockton, a native [[Virginia]]n, who named the town and county after his half-brother Colonel John Fleming.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA103 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | accessdateaccess-date=28 April 2013 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=103}}</ref> It has been the seat of [[Fleming County, Kentucky|Fleming County]] since its formation and was formally incorporated by the [[Kentucky Assembly|state assembly]] in 1812.<ref>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Flemingsburg, Kentucky". Accessed 26 July 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Lewis|title=History of Kentucky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA230|year=1877|page=230}}</ref>

| 1800 = 123

| 1830 = 648

| 1840 = 591

| 1850 = 759

| 1870 = 425

| 1880 = 811

| 1890 = 1172

| 1900 = 1268

| 1910 = 1219

| 1920 = 1562

| 1930 = 1265

| 1940 = 1542

| 1950 = 1502

| 1960 = 2067

| 1970 = 2483

| 1980 = 2835

| 1990 = 3071

| 2000 = 3010

| 2010 = 2658

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=httphttps://factfinder2www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdateaccess-date=2008-01-31 |title=American FactFinder |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://webU.archiveS.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=2013-09-11Census |df=website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 3,010 people, 1,294 households, and 821 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1,178.2 people per square mile (455.8|PD/km²)sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,434 housing units at an average density of {{convert|561.3 per square mile (217.1|/km²)sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.72% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 5.05% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.10% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.40% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.43% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.30% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.03% of the population.

There were 1,294 households, out of which 29.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.3% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 23.2% from 45 to 64, and 20.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.1 males.

Flemingsburg has a [[public library|lending library]], the Fleming County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | dead-url-status=yesdead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | accessdateaccess-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>

* [[Leander Cox]], [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from [[Kentucky]]

* [[Alvin Saunders]], [[United States senator]] from [[Nebraska]]