Carrollton is a town in
Carroll CountyCarroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1838. The population was 10,155 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Carrollton, Kentucky. Carroll County is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence.-...
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KentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is a Southern state situated in the Upland South, although the state is infrequently placed, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a...
, at the
confluenceConfluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river, called the mainstem, when that major river is also the highest order stream in the drainage basin....
of the
Ohio RiverThe Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
and the
Kentucky RiverThe Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 259 mi long, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal-mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course passing...
. Its population was 3,846 at the 2000 census. It is the
county seatA county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there...
of
Carroll CountyCarroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1838. The population was 10,155 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Carrollton, Kentucky. Carroll County is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence.-...
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Carrollton was founded in 1794, and it was known as Port William initially. It served as the county seat of
Gallatin CountyGallatin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population was 7,870. Its county seat is Warsaw...
until 1838 when the county was split, creating Carroll County, and Port William was renamed Carrollton and became the seat of the new county.
Carrollton is a town in
Carroll CountyCarroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1838. The population was 10,155 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Carrollton, Kentucky. Carroll County is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence.-...
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KentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is a Southern state situated in the Upland South, although the state is infrequently placed, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a...
, at the
confluenceConfluence, in geography, describes the meeting of two or more bodies of water. It usually refers to the point where a tributary joins a more major river, called the mainstem, when that major river is also the highest order stream in the drainage basin....
of the
Ohio RiverThe Ohio River is the largest tributary, by volume, of the Mississippi River. It is approximately 981 miles long and is located in the eastern United States....
and the
Kentucky RiverThe Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River, 259 mi long, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The river and its tributaries drain much of the central region of the state, with its upper course passing through the coal-mining regions of the Cumberland Mountains, and its lower course passing...
. Its population was 3,846 at the 2000 census. It is the
county seatA county seat is a term for an administrative center for a county or civil parish, primarily used in the United States. In the Northeast United States, the statutory term often is shire town, but colloquially county seat is the term in use there...
of
Carroll CountyCarroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1838. The population was 10,155 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Carrollton, Kentucky. Carroll County is named for Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last living signer of the Declaration of Independence.-...
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Carrollton was founded in 1794, and it was known as Port William initially. It served as the county seat of
Gallatin CountyGallatin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population was 7,870. Its county seat is Warsaw...
until 1838 when the county was split, creating Carroll County, and Port William was renamed Carrollton and became the seat of the new county. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad was built near town in 1868 and eventually became more important to the town's economy than river traffic.
It has one of the state's largest tobacco markets, and the population has remained steady since being recorded at 3,884 in the 1970 census. See
Carrollton bus disasterThe Carrollton, Kentucky, bus collision was one of the most deadly bus disasters in United States history.About 11:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday May 14 1988, Larry Mahoney, a drunk driver in a pickup truck traveling in the wrong direction on an interstate highway in a rural, unincorporated area of...
for an important, and tragic, event in Carroll County's history.
Geography
Carrollton is located at 38°40'38" North, 85°10'17" West (38.677329, -85.171504). The town is situated on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Kentucky River.
According to the
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, the city has a total area of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²), of which, 2.2 square miles (5.8 km²) of it is land and 0.44% is water.
Demographics
As of the
censusA "census" is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population.In other words every 10 years...next one would be in 2010 The term is used mostly in connection with...
of 2000, there were 3,846 people, 1,598 households, and 987 families residing in the city. The
population densityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans. It is a key term used in geography....
was 1,715.4 people per square mile (662.9/km²). There were 1,709 housing units at an average density of 762.3/sq mi (294.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.99% White, 2.24% Black, 0.13% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 2.03% from
other racesRace and ethnicity in the United States Census, as defined by the United States Census Bureau and the Federal Office of Management and Budget , are self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether or not they are...
, and 1.43% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.42% of the population.
There were 1,598 households out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.0% were
married couplesMarriage is a social union or legal contract between individuals that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged by a variety of ways, depending on the culture or demographic...
living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $29,818, and the median income for a family was $41,193. Males had a median income of $32,563 versus $20,000 for females. The
per capita incomePer capita income means how much each individual receives, in monetary terms, of the yearly income generated in the country. This is what each citizen is to receive if the yearly national income is divided equally among everyone. Per capita income is usually reported in units of currency per year...
for the city was $14,376. About 13.9% of families and 20.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 31.5% of those under age 18 and 26.2% of those age 65 or over.
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