Salyersville, Kentucky
Encyclopedia
Salyersville is a city in and the county seat
of Magoffin County
, Kentucky
, United States
. It is located on the Licking River
. The population was 1,604 at the 2000 census
.
, the first European-American settlement was attempted by Archibald Prater, John Williams, Ebenezer Hanna, Clayton Cook, but they were driven out by Native Americans
who had long inhabited the territory. The pioneer Americans returned six years later in 1800 and built the fort of Licking Station on a hill in the Horse Shoe Bend of the Licking River
. This was just outside of present-day city limits.
As the town grew through the decades, it was given the name Adamsville for one of the town founders, "Uncle Billie" Adams. Adams owned extensive farm land, a hotel, a gristmill
, a tannery and a blacksmith
shop in the area. The area was settled mostly by independent subsistence farming families. Few were slaveholders in eastern Kentucky.
In 1860, Magoffin County was formed from parts of the surrounding Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Counties. The name was chosen for the Kentucky State Governor at the time, Beriah Magoffin
, who served from 1859 to 1862. On February 22, 1860, the city of Adamsville had an official name change to Salyersville for the legislator, Samuel Salyer, who sponsored the creation of Magoffin County.
During the American Civil War
(1861–1865), Salyersville fell on hard times. Because of its location in the Upper South and history of settlement by migrants from Virginia, some residents sided with the Confederacy. Because few of the residents were slaveholders and had struggled for a political voice in the state, many were supporters of the Union. In 1864, Union forces defeated a Confederate raiding force at the Battle of Salyersville
.
In 1871, "Uncle Billie" Adams gave land to Salyersville to build a courthouse and other public buildings. In 1890, the Magoffin County's first court house was completed. (It stood for 67 years, but burned to the ground in 1957).
The Magoffin County Institute, Salyersville's first high school, was founded in 1908 by A.C. Harlowe.
The Great Depression
(1930s - 1940s) caused much suffering in Salyersville. A high percentage of Salyersville's citizens were employed or self-employed laborers. Farmers suffered as prices for crops fell by 40-60%; mining
and logging
areas suffered unemployment when demand for their products fell sharply. In 1939, storms drove the Licking River to crest over 25 feet, flooding most of downtown Salyersville and causing extensive property damage. The local economy suffered.
In 1963, the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway
is completed, stretching west 76 miles from Salyersville to intersect with Interstate 64
at a point just east of Winchester, Kentucky
. It enabled more tourists to visit the area, and heritage tourism began to help Salyersville develop a changed economy.
The first annual Magoffin County Founder's Day Festival was held in 1978.
In the winter of 1997, as part of Kentucky's elk
restoration project, Salyersville became one of the locations selected for the release of elk into the wilderness area of the mountains.
In 2002 the second Magoffin County court house, built in 1960, was demolished. In its place, a new Justice Center was constructed, which opened in Spring 2006. The new Justice Center's architecture plays tribute to Magoffin County's original Court House.
Poverty has long been a burden of the area surrounding Salyersville. As of 2006, Magoffin County was one of the poorest counties
in the United States. The county is the 42nd poorest county by per capita income and the 24th poorest county by median household income.
According to the United States Census Bureau
, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²), all land.
The Festival offers young people opportunities to enter contests and win prize money for excelling in academic subjects such as math, spelling
, essay
writing, and art
. Pageants are held for young people from age 1-day to age 14 for boys and girls and for young women from age 17 to age 26. A parade
, drama & fashion shows, pet shows, clogging
, other dance exhibitions, and specialty acts are just a few of the festivities that are part of Founder's Day. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymhs/founders.htm
s in Salyersville include The Salyersville Independent and the Trading Post, mostly for advertising. Founded in 1921, The Salyersville Independent circullates over 4,000 copies every Thursday. It is currently owned and published by David Prater.
Cable service in Salyersville is provided by Rick Howard Cable, Frank Howard Cable and Foothills Cooperative. Through these companies, Salyersville is provided with standard and premium cable TV
service, high-speed Internet access
and telephone
service. Frank Howard Cable and Rick Howard Cable offer local programming via MCTV (Magoffin County Television) and MCSTV (Magoffin County School TV), a channel dedicated to local school programming. MCTV carries a daily local news media program 'Your News Today'.
Salyersville's radio stations include the local WRLV (AM/FM) Pure Country 106.5 and 1140. Stations of surrounding counties can also be heard, such as Prestonsburg's
WQHY (FM) 95.5 , Paintsville's
WKLW (FM) 94.7, and West Liberty's
Kick 102.9.
mascot is the Hornets.
Other public schools in Salyersville are the Herald Whitaker Middle School, North Magoffin Elementary, Salyersville Elementary School, and South Magoffin Elementary
of 2000,, there were 1,604 people, 646 households, and 414 families residing in the city. The population density
was 758.1 people per square mile (292.1/km²). There were 710 housing units at an average density of 335.6 per square mile (129.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.69% White, 0.06% African American, and 0.25% Native American. 0.31% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 646 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples
living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the city the population was spread out with 20.8% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $16,042, and the median income for a family was $23,393. Males had a median income of $26,534 versus $20,188 for females. The per capita income
for the city was $11,881. About 35.7% of families and 40.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 56.4% of those under the age of 18 and 34.3% of those 65 and older.
County seat
A county seat is an administrative center, or seat of government, for a county or civil parish. The term is primarily used in the United States....
of Magoffin County
Magoffin County, Kentucky
Magoffin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky which was formed from parts of Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Counties and officially created on 22 February 1860. As of 2000, the population was 13,332. Its county seat is Salyersville...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is located on the Licking River
Licking River (Kentucky)
The Licking River is a tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. The river and its tributaries drain much of the region of northeastern Kentucky between the watersheds of the Kentucky River to the west and the Big Sandy River to the east.-Origin of name:The Native...
. The population was 1,604 at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
.
History
In 1794 after the American Revolutionary WarAmerican Revolutionary War
The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
, the first European-American settlement was attempted by Archibald Prater, John Williams, Ebenezer Hanna, Clayton Cook, but they were driven out by Native Americans
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
who had long inhabited the territory. The pioneer Americans returned six years later in 1800 and built the fort of Licking Station on a hill in the Horse Shoe Bend of the Licking River
Licking River (Kentucky)
The Licking River is a tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. The river and its tributaries drain much of the region of northeastern Kentucky between the watersheds of the Kentucky River to the west and the Big Sandy River to the east.-Origin of name:The Native...
. This was just outside of present-day city limits.
As the town grew through the decades, it was given the name Adamsville for one of the town founders, "Uncle Billie" Adams. Adams owned extensive farm land, a hotel, a gristmill
Gristmill
The terms gristmill or grist mill can refer either to a building in which grain is ground into flour, or to the grinding mechanism itself.- Early history :...
, a tannery and a blacksmith
Blacksmith
A blacksmith is a person who creates objects from wrought iron or steel by forging the metal; that is, by using tools to hammer, bend, and cut...
shop in the area. The area was settled mostly by independent subsistence farming families. Few were slaveholders in eastern Kentucky.
In 1860, Magoffin County was formed from parts of the surrounding Floyd, Johnson, and Morgan Counties. The name was chosen for the Kentucky State Governor at the time, Beriah Magoffin
Beriah Magoffin
Beriah Magoffin was the 21st Governor of Kentucky, serving during the early part of the Civil War. Personally, Magoffin adhered to a states' rights position, including the right of a state to secede from the Union, and he sympathized with the Confederate cause...
, who served from 1859 to 1862. On February 22, 1860, the city of Adamsville had an official name change to Salyersville for the legislator, Samuel Salyer, who sponsored the creation of Magoffin County.
During the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
(1861–1865), Salyersville fell on hard times. Because of its location in the Upper South and history of settlement by migrants from Virginia, some residents sided with the Confederacy. Because few of the residents were slaveholders and had struggled for a political voice in the state, many were supporters of the Union. In 1864, Union forces defeated a Confederate raiding force at the Battle of Salyersville
Battle of Salyersville
The Battle of Salyersville, also called Battle of Ivy Point Hill, was the largest of the many skirmishes in Magoffin County, Kentucky, during the American Civil War....
.
In 1871, "Uncle Billie" Adams gave land to Salyersville to build a courthouse and other public buildings. In 1890, the Magoffin County's first court house was completed. (It stood for 67 years, but burned to the ground in 1957).
The Magoffin County Institute, Salyersville's first high school, was founded in 1908 by A.C. Harlowe.
The Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
(1930s - 1940s) caused much suffering in Salyersville. A high percentage of Salyersville's citizens were employed or self-employed laborers. Farmers suffered as prices for crops fell by 40-60%; mining
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, from an ore body, vein or seam. The term also includes the removal of soil. Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock...
and logging
Logging
Logging is the cutting, skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks.In forestry, the term logging is sometimes used in a narrow sense concerning the logistics of moving wood from the stump to somewhere outside the forest, usually a sawmill or a lumber yard...
areas suffered unemployment when demand for their products fell sharply. In 1939, storms drove the Licking River to crest over 25 feet, flooding most of downtown Salyersville and causing extensive property damage. The local economy suffered.
In 1963, the Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway
Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway
The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, commonly known as the Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky. The route runs fromInterstate 64 just east of Winchester southeast for 75.627 miles to a junction with U.S. Route 460 near Salyersville...
is completed, stretching west 76 miles from Salyersville to intersect with Interstate 64
Interstate 64
Interstate 64 is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Its western terminus is at I-70, U.S. 40, and U.S. 61 in Wentzville, Missouri. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with I-264 and I-664 at Bowers Hill in Chesapeake, Virginia. As I-64 is concurrent with...
at a point just east of Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester, Kentucky
Winchester is a city in and the county seat of Clark County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 16,724 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
. It enabled more tourists to visit the area, and heritage tourism began to help Salyersville develop a changed economy.
The first annual Magoffin County Founder's Day Festival was held in 1978.
In the winter of 1997, as part of Kentucky's elk
Elk
The Elk is the large deer, also called Cervus canadensis or wapiti, of North America and eastern Asia.Elk may also refer to:Other antlered mammals:...
restoration project, Salyersville became one of the locations selected for the release of elk into the wilderness area of the mountains.
In 2002 the second Magoffin County court house, built in 1960, was demolished. In its place, a new Justice Center was constructed, which opened in Spring 2006. The new Justice Center's architecture plays tribute to Magoffin County's original Court House.
Poverty has long been a burden of the area surrounding Salyersville. As of 2006, Magoffin County was one of the poorest counties
Lowest-income counties in the United States
-100 counties with lowest per capita income:Number of counties by state in the 100 poorest counties: Texas, 17; Kentucky, 16; Mississippi, 14; South Dakota, 10; Louisiana, 5; Alabama, 4; Georgia, 4; Montana, 4; New Mexico, 4; North Dakota, 3; Arizona, 2; Idaho, 2; Nebraska, 2; Tennessee, 2; West...
in the United States. The county is the 42nd poorest county by per capita income and the 24th poorest county by median household income.
Geography
Salyersville is " North, 83°3'47" West (37.748171, -83.062984).According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the city has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km²), all land.
Cultural events & fairs
| Founder's Day Theme by year: http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymhs/ |
1982 - Patrick 1983 - Arnett 1984 - Conley 1985 - Howard 1986 - Bailey 1987 - Wireman 1988 - Montgomery 1989 - Allen 1990 - Reed 1991 - Minix 1992 - May 1993 - Risner 1994 - Lykins 1995 - Williams 1996 - Helton 1997 - Jenkins 1998 - The Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... 1999 - Shepherd 2000 - Magoffin County 2001 - Vanderpool 2002 - Miller 2003 - Gullet 2004 - Whitaker 2005 - Hammond 2006 - Veteran Veteran A veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."... s 2007 - Carpenter 2008 - Fletcher 2009 - Manns |
- Founder's Day - Founder's day is an annual county festivalFestivalA festival or gala is an event, usually and ordinarily staged by a local community, which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of that community and the Festival....
for the people of Magoffin County. It attracts those who have roots in eastern Kentucky and others who are interested in the genealogyGenealogyGenealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
and historyHistoryHistory is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
of the area. A different family surname is celebrated each year as part of the festival.
The Festival offers young people opportunities to enter contests and win prize money for excelling in academic subjects such as math, spelling
Spelling
Spelling is the writing of one or more words with letters and diacritics. In addition, the term often, but not always, means an accepted standard spelling or the process of naming the letters...
, essay
Essay
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition...
writing, and art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
. Pageants are held for young people from age 1-day to age 14 for boys and girls and for young women from age 17 to age 26. A parade
Parade
A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of some kind...
, drama & fashion shows, pet shows, clogging
Clogging
Clogging is a type of folk dance with roots in traditional European dancing, early African-American dance, and traditional Cherokee dance in which the dancer's footwear is used musically by striking the heel, the toe, or both in unison against a floor or each other to create audible percussive...
, other dance exhibitions, and specialty acts are just a few of the festivities that are part of Founder's Day. http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymhs/founders.htm
- Street Dance - Each year there is a public square danceSquare danceSquare dance is a folk dance with four couples arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, beginning with Couple 1 facing away from the music and going counter-clockwise until getting to Couple 4. Couples 1 and 3 are known as the head couples, while Couples 2 and 4 are the side couples...
in downtown Salyersville. The intersection surrounding the downtown courthouse was blocked off for the event which went well into the night.
- Independence Day Festival - Independence DayIndependence Day (United States)Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain...
is celebrated in Salyersville with a parade and pageants.
Parks and outdoor attractions
- Pioneer Village - Located near downtown Salyersville, Pioneer Village is a complex of 15 original log cabinLog cabinA log cabin is a house built from logs. It is a fairly simple type of log house. A distinction should be drawn between the traditional meanings of "log cabin" and "log house." Historically most "Log cabins" were a simple one- or 1½-story structures, somewhat impermanent, and less finished or less...
s that have been restored and preserved through the efforts of the Magoffin County Historical Society. Together the cabins form a living history museum, where staff create displays and demonstrations of early crafts. The cabins in Pioneer Village often date back to the early 19th century. Donated cabins are disassembled with care, the logs numbered and cleaned, and they are transported and reassembled in the Pioneer Village.
- Ramey Memorial Park - This park offers picnic shelters, picnic tablePicnic tableA picnic table is a modified table with attached benches, designed for eating a meal outdoors .-Uses:...
s, a playgroundPlaygroundA playground or play area is a place with a specific design for children be able to play there. It may be indoors but is typically outdoors...
, a walking track, basketball courtBasketball courtIn basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor with tiles at either end. In professional or organized basketball, especially when played indoors, it is usually made out of a wood, often maple, and highly polished...
s, tennis courtTennis courtA tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s, and baseball fieldBaseball fieldA baseball field, also called a ball field or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The terms "baseball field" and "ball field" are also often used as synonyms for ballpark.-Specifications:...
s as well as a swimming poolSwimming poolA swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
(open during the summer). The park has access to a steel bridge that crosses the Licking River, connecting the park to the historic Pioneer Village and a monumentMonumentA monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an example of historic architecture...
commemorating veteranVeteranA veteran is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; " A veteran of ..."...
s of war from Magoffin County.
Monuments
- Several marbleMarbleMarble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
monumentMonumentA monument is a type of structure either explicitly created to commemorate a person or important event or which has become important to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, or simply as an example of historic architecture...
s are located downtown near the Pioneer Village cabins, including the 'Founder's PyramidPyramidA pyramid is a structure whose outer surfaces are triangular and converge at a single point. The base of a pyramid can be trilateral, quadrilateral, or any polygon shape, meaning that a pyramid has at least three triangular surfaces...
', a surnameSurnameA surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
marker, a county marker, an American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
memorial, and a memorial soldier's bell. The George "Golden Hawk Sizemore" grave and monument http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=27832833 sits at the Mouth of Oakly Cemetery, and the Tip Top coal camp marker sits at the head of the creek.http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymhs/memorials.htm
Historical Markers
- Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
Action - This marker, located near Puncheon Creek in Salyersville, states: "On mission to clear area of CSA forces, Col. Geo. W. Gallup with USA troops repulsed Confederate attack led by Lt. Colonel E. F. Clay at Paintsville April 13, 1864, and pursued enemy to this point. Union men attacked next day. Clay was mortally wounded: CSA suffered 60 casualties and 60 men, 200 horses, 400 saddles, 300 small-arms taken. USA sustained only slight losses." - County Named, 1860 - This marker, located in downtown Salyersville, describes the biography of Gov. Beriah Magoffin, the county namesake.
- First Settlement - This marker at the eastern Salyersville city limits describes the founding of the town by European Americans.
- Ivy Point Skirmishes - This marker on Ivy Point Hill tells of skirmishes during the Civil War.
- Reuben Patrick Grave - This marker notes a Civil War action by Patrick, who also served as a Kentucky state legislator, 1863-1867.
- Wm. "Uncle Billie" Adams - This marker in the downtown tells a short biography of one of the founders.
Media
The local weekly newspaperNewspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s in Salyersville include The Salyersville Independent and the Trading Post, mostly for advertising. Founded in 1921, The Salyersville Independent circullates over 4,000 copies every Thursday. It is currently owned and published by David Prater.
Cable service in Salyersville is provided by Rick Howard Cable, Frank Howard Cable and Foothills Cooperative. Through these companies, Salyersville is provided with standard and premium cable TV
Cable television
Cable television is a system of providing television programs to consumers via radio frequency signals transmitted to televisions through coaxial cables or digital light pulses through fixed optical fibers located on the subscriber's property, much like the over-the-air method used in traditional...
service, high-speed Internet access
Broadband
The term broadband refers to a telecommunications signal or device of greater bandwidth, in some sense, than another standard or usual signal or device . Different criteria for "broad" have been applied in different contexts and at different times...
and telephone
Telephone
The telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
service. Frank Howard Cable and Rick Howard Cable offer local programming via MCTV (Magoffin County Television) and MCSTV (Magoffin County School TV), a channel dedicated to local school programming. MCTV carries a daily local news media program 'Your News Today'.
Salyersville's radio stations include the local WRLV (AM/FM) Pure Country 106.5 and 1140. Stations of surrounding counties can also be heard, such as Prestonsburg's
Prestonsburg, Kentucky
Prestonsburg is a city in and the county seat of Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It lies in the eastern part of the state, along the banks of the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. It was founded in 1797 by Col. John Preston—for whom it was named—along with Solomon Stratton, Matthias...
WQHY (FM) 95.5 , Paintsville's
Paintsville, Kentucky
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 4,132 people, 1,681 households, and 1,079 families residing in the city. The population density was 786.1 people per square mile . There were 1,901 housing units at an average density of 361.7 per square mile...
WKLW (FM) 94.7, and West Liberty's
West Liberty, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,277 people, 696 households, and 446 families residing in the city. The population density was 739.3 people per square mile . There were 758 housing units at an average density of 171.0 per square mile...
Kick 102.9.
Education
Salyersville's public schools are operated by the Magoffin County Board of Education. Salyersville's Magoffin County High SchoolMagoffin County High School
Magoffin County High School is a public education high school located in Salyersville, Kentucky in Magoffin County. MCHS is the only High School in the county and progressed from previous versions of Magoffin County's High Schools. The school mascot is the Hornet...
mascot is the Hornets.
Other public schools in Salyersville are the Herald Whitaker Middle School, North Magoffin Elementary, Salyersville Elementary School, and South Magoffin Elementary
Founders
The founding fathers of Salyersville are :- William 'Uncle Billy' Adams (1802–1881) - Founder of Adamsville, now known as Salyersville.
- Samuel "The Legislator" Salyer (1812–1890) - Founder and Kentucky state legislator, for whom Salyersville was named.
- Archibald Prater (1755–1831) - Frontiersman who first settled the land that is now Salyersville.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A 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. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000,, there were 1,604 people, 646 households, and 414 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 758.1 people per square mile (292.1/km²). There were 710 housing units at an average density of 335.6 per square mile (129.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 99.69% White, 0.06% African American, and 0.25% Native American. 0.31% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 646 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.4% were married couples
Marriage
Marriage is a social union or legal contract between people that creates kinship. It is an institution in which interpersonal relationships, usually intimate and sexual, are acknowledged in a variety of ways, depending on the culture or subculture in which it is found...
living together, 12.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.9% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.85.
In the city the population was spread out with 20.8% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 88.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $16,042, and the median income for a family was $23,393. Males had a median income of $26,534 versus $20,188 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...
for the city was $11,881. About 35.7% of families and 40.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 56.4% of those under the age of 18 and 34.3% of those 65 and older.