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{{hatnote|Not to be confused with Fleming, part of [[Fleming-Neon, Kentucky]].}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Flemingsburg, Kentucky
| settlement_type = [[list of Kentucky cities|City]]
| nickname =
| motto = "The friendly town that hospitality built"
 
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| map_caption = Location of Flemingsburg in Fleming County, Kentucky.
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| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kentucky]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Fleming County, Kentucky|Fleming]]
| government_footnotes =
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| unit_pref = Imperial
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| area_total_km2 = 7.00
| area_land_km2 = 6.97
| area_water_km2 = 0.03
| area_total_sq_mi = 2.70
| area_land_sq_mi = 2.69
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.01
 
<!-- Population -->| population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
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| population_total = 2953
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| population_density_km2 = 423.67
|map_caption = Location of Flemingsburg in Fleming County, Kentucky.
| population_density_sq_mi = 1097.36
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<!-- General information -->| timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
|subdivision_name1 = [[Kentucky]]
| elevation_ft = 814
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
| coordinates = {{coord|38|25|20|N|83|44|50|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_name2 = [[Fleming County, Kentucky|Fleming]]
| postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|government_footnotes =
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| blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
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| website = {{URL|www.flemingsburgky.org}}
|established_date =
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| pop_est_as_of = 2022
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|area_footnotes =
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|area_land_sq_mi =
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<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 2658
|population_density_km2 = 504.5
|population_density_sq_mi =
 
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|timezone = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
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|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code = 41041
|area_code = [[Area code 606|606]]
|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info = 21-27856
|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info = 0492237
|website = {{URL|www.flemingsburgky.org}}
|footnotes =
|pop_est_as_of = 2018
|pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2018"/>
|population_est = 2806
}}
 
'''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://archive.today/20200213052125/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/G001/1600000US2127856| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref> down from 3,010 at the [[2000 United States Census|2000 census]]. 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 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archivedatearchive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref>
 
==Geography==
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/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.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]].
 
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Flemingsburg has a total area of {{convert|5.3|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.33%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
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==History==
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>
 
==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 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
| 2020 = 2953
|estyear=2018
| estyear = 2022
|estimate=2806
| estimate = 2969
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2018.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=December 10, 2019}}</ref>
|footnote estref =U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://wwwwww2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennialpopest/tables/2020-census2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.htmlxlsx|title=CensusAnnual Estimates of the Resident Population andfor Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, Housing2022|publisher= United States Census.gov Bureau|accessdateaccess-date=June 4May 26, 20152023}}</ref>
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdateaccess-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census 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/km<sup>2<sqmi|PD/sup>)km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,434 housing units at an average density of {{convert|561.3 per square mile (217.1|/km<sup>2<sqmi|/sup>)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.
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==Education==
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 | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | accessdateaccess-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>
 
==Notable people==
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* [[Landaff Andrews]], [[United States Representative]]
* [[Herman Chittison]], [[jazz]] musician
* [[Leander Cox]], [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from [[Kentucky]]
* [[Willis A. Gorman]], [[Union Army]] general during the [[American Civil War]], member of [[U.S. House of Representatives]] for [[Indiana]], and territorial governor of [[Minnesota Territory|Minnesota]]
* [[Joseph J. Reynolds]], [[Union Army]] general
* [[Alvin Saunders]], [[United States senator]] from [[Nebraska]]
* [[Mary Eulalie Fee Shannon]] (1824–1855), poet
* [[Franklin Sousley|Franklin R. Sousley]], one of six men who [[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima|raised the second American flag]] on Mount Suribachi during the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]]
* [[Franklin Sousley|Franklin R. Sousley]], one of six men who [[Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima|raised the second American flag]] on [[Mount Suribachi]] during the [[Battle of Iwo Jima]]
* [[Nelson Stacy]], NASCAR and ARCA driver
* [[Nelson Stacy]], [[NASCAR]] and ARCA driver
* [[Lawrence S. Trimble]], congressman
* [[Lawrence S. Trimble]], [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. congressman]] from [[Kentucky]]
 
==References==
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