Gallatin County, Kentucky

Gallatin County, Kentucky

Gallatin County Courthouse in Warsaw
Map of Kentucky highlighting Gallatin County
Location in the state of Kentucky
Map of the United States highlighting Kentucky
Kentucky's location in the U.S.
Founded 1798
Named for Albert Gallatin
Seat Warsaw
Largest city Warsaw
Area
 • Total 105 sq mi (272 km2)
 • Land 101 sq mi (262 km2)
 • Water 3.5 sq mi (9 km2), 3.3%
Population
 • (2010) 8,589
 • Density 85/sq mi (33/km²)
Congressional district 4th
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website gallatincounty.ky.gov

Gallatin County, is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,589.[1] Its county seat is Warsaw.[2] The county was founded in 1798 and named for Albert Gallatin, the Secretary of the Treasury under President Thomas Jefferson.[3][4]

Gallatin County is included in the Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located along the Ohio River across from Indiana.

History

The county was formed on December 14, 1798. Gallatin was the 31st Kentucky county to be established. It was derived from parts of Franklin and Shelby counties.[5] Later, parts of the county were pared off to create three additional counties: Owen in 1819, Trimble in 1836 and Carroll in 1838. Today Gallatin is one tenth of its original size. Its northern border is the Ohio River.

The population of Gallatin County in 1800 was 1,291, according to the Second Census of Kentucky, composed of 960 whites, 329 slaves, and 2 "freemen of color".[6]

During the Civil War, several skirmishes occurred in the county and the Union Army arrested a number of men for treason for supporting the Confederates.

The 1866 Gallatin County Race Riot happened just after the Civil War, when bands of lawless Ku Klux Klansmen terrorized parts of the Bluegrass State. "A band of five hundred whites in Gallatin County... forced hundreds of blacks to flee across the Ohio River."[7]

On December 4, 1868, two passenger steamers, the America and the United States, collided on the Ohio River near Warsaw. The United States carried a cargo of barrels of kerosene, which caught fire. The flames soon spread to the America, and many passengers perished by burning or drowning. The combined death toll was 162, making it one of the most deadly steamboat accidents in American history.

The Lynchings of the Frenches of Warsaw happened on May 3, 1876. Benjamin and Mollie French, in jail at the time awaiting trial for the murder of Lake Jones, were taken by forced and hanged by the local KKK.[8]

As the 20th century progressed, commercial river trade began to decline, and the steamboat era ended, as faster means of transportation were becoming available. Rail lines expanded, automobiles and trucks became reliable, and aircraft soon arrived on the scene. Construction on the Markland Locks and Dam began in 1956 and was completed in 1964. In 1967 a hydroelectric power plant was built at the dam, which provided jobs. Gallatin County is traversed by I-71, U.S. 42, and U.S. 127. By the 1980s, more than 50 percent of the population was employed outside the county.[9]

Marco Chapman was executed for the bloody rampage he committed on August 23, 2002 in Warsaw, Kentucky on Weldon Way, after a two-day crack binge,[10] where he murdered two children, Chelbi Sharon, 7, and Cody Sharon, 6, by slitting their throats,[11] after he had raped and stabbed their mother, Carolyn Marksberry, the city clerk of Warsaw at the time, over 15 times.[12] 10-year-old Courtney Sharon played dead after she had also been stabbed by Chapman several times, and escaped.[13] Thirty-seven-year-old Marco Allen Chapman was executed on November 21, 2008 at 8:34 p.m. EST on a Friday by lethal injection in a special chamber at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky. Marco Allen Chapman was the last person executed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.[14]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 105 square miles (270 km2), of which 101 square miles (260 km2) is land and 3.5 square miles (9.1 km2) (3.3%) is water.[15] It is the second smallest county by area in Kentucky.[16]

Adjacent counties

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop. %±
18001,291—
18103,307156.2%
18207,075113.9%
18306,674−5.7%
18404,003−40.0%
18505,13728.3%
18605,056−1.6%
18705,0740.4%
18804,832−4.8%
18904,611−4.6%
19005,16312.0%
19104,697−9.0%
19204,664−0.7%
19304,437−4.9%
19404,307−2.9%
19503,969−7.8%
19603,867−2.6%
19704,1346.9%
19804,84217.1%
19905,39311.4%
20007,87045.9%
20108,5899.1%
Est. 20148,589[17]0.0%
U.S. Decennial Census[18]
1790-1960[19] 1900-1990[20]
1990-2000[21] 2010-2013[1]

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 8,589 people residing in the county. 94.7% were White, 1.3% Black or African American, 0.2% Asian, 0.1% Native American, 1.6% of some other race and 2.0% of two or more races. 4.3% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race). 22.6% were of German, 21.4% American, 13.8% Irish and 6.5% English ancestry.[22]

As of the census[23] of 2000, there were 7,870 people, 2,902 households, and 2,135 families residing in the county. The population density was 80 per square mile (31/km2). There were 3,362 housing units at an average density of 34 per square mile (13/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 96.72% White, 1.59% Black or African American, 0.18% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. 1.04% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,902 households out of which 37.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.00% were married couples living together, 10.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.40% were non-families. 22.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.11.

In the county the population was spread out with 28.60% under the age of 18, 7.70% from 18 to 24, 31.00% from 25 to 44, 22.50% from 45 to 64, and 10.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 98.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,422, and the median income for a family was $41,136. Males had a median income of $32,081 versus $21,803 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,416. About 11.60% of families and 13.40% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.60% of those under age 18 and 16.40% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Infrastructure

Transportation

Public transportation is provided by Senior Services of Northern Kentucky with demand-response service.[24]

Notable residents

Albert Gallatin is honored with a statue in front of the U.S. Treasury Building in Washington, D.C.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. ↑ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 133.
  4. ↑ http://www.kyenc.org/entry/g/GALLA01.html
  5. ↑ Collins, Lewis (1882). Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Volume 2. Collins & Company. p. 26.
  6. ↑ http://nkaa.uky.edu/record.php?note_id=2347
  7. ↑ Harrison, Lowell H. and James C. Klotter 1997. A New History of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky. pg. 237.
  8. ↑ Wright, George C. 1990. Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: Lynchings, Mob Rule, and "Legal Lynchings". Louisiana State University Press. Baton Rouge and London. Pgs. 98-99.
  9. ↑ "Gallatin County", Rootsweb
  10. ↑ http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-05-09-2368989543_x.htm
  11. ↑ Estep, Bill. "Killer is Executed" Lexington Herald-Leader. Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008
  12. ↑ Brief for Appellee at 1–2, Chapman v. Commonwealth, No. 2005-SC-70-MR, 2007 WL 2404429 (Ky. Aug. 23, 2007) http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ky-supreme-court/1204990.html http://www.slu.edu/Documents/law/Law%20Journal/Archives/Skaff_Article.pdf
  13. ↑ Mark Pitsch. Two Gallatin Children Killed in Knife Attack; Mom, Sister Hurt; Suspect Arrested in West Virginia. August 24, 2002. Courier-Journal. Louisville, Ky.
  14. ↑ http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=f11aa655-ca18-443e-971b-6f575e87a87f
  15. ↑ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  16. ↑ http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/kentucky-counties.html
  17. ↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
  18. ↑ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 14, 2014.
  22. ↑ "American FactFinder"
  23. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  24. ↑ "SSNK Transportation Services". Senior Services of Northern Kentucky. Retrieved 2015-05-19.

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