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Lincoln County, Kentucky
Lincoln County Courthouse (Stanford, Kentucky)
Lincoln County courthouse in Stanford
Map of Kentucky highlighting Lincoln County
Location in the state of Kentucky
Map of the U.S
Kentucky's location in the U.S.
Founded 1780
Named for Benjamin Lincoln
Seat Stanford
Largest city Stanford
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

337 sq mi (873 km²)
334 sq mi (865 km²)
2.5 sq mi (6 km²), 0.7
Population
 - (2020)
 - Density

24,275
Congressional district 5th
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website www.lincolnky.com
Thomas Montgomery House in Stanford

Historic Thomas Montgomery House in Stanford

Lincoln County is a county located in south-central Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,275.[1] Its county seat is Stanford.[2] Lincoln County is part of the Danville, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History[]

Lincoln County—originally Lincoln County, Virginia—was established by the Virginia General Assembly in June 1780, and named in honor of Revolutionary War general Benjamin Lincoln.[3][4] It was one of three counties formed out of Virginia's Kentucky County (The other two were Fayette and Jefferson), and is one of Kentucky's nine original counties.

The county's original seat was at Harrodsburg; but in 1785, Lincoln County was partitioned, and Harrodsburg became the seat of the new Mercer County. Afterward, Stanford became Lincoln County's permanent seat.

Kentucky County, Virginia 1780

Lincoln County was formed in 1780, when the Virginia General Assembly partitioned Kentucky County.

Geography[]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 337 square miles (870 km2), of which 334 square miles (870 km2) is land and 2.5 square miles (6.5 km2) (0.7%) is water.[5]

Lincoln County is located in south-central Kentucky astride the southern part of the ring of Knobs, which separate the Bluegrass region from the Eastern Pennyroyal Plateau, the Lincoln County part of which includes the source and headwaters of the Green River. It is considered part of the Appalachia region of Kentucky.

Adjacent counties[]

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1790 6,548
1800 8,621 31.7%
1810 8,676 0.6%
1820 9,979 15.0%
1830 11,002 10.3%
1840 10,187 −7.4%
1850 10,093 −0.9%
1860 10,647 5.5%
1870 10,947 2.8%
1880 15,080 37.8%
1890 15,962 5.8%
1900 17,059 6.9%
1910 17,897 4.9%
1920 16,481 −7.9%
1930 17,687 7.3%
1940 19,859 12.3%
1950 18,668 −6.0%
1960 16,503 −11.6%
1970 16,663 1.0%
1980 19,053 14.3%
1990 20,045 5.2%
2000 23,361 16.5%
2010 24,742 5.9%
Est. 2021 24,243 [6] 3.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
1790-1960[8] 1900-1990[9]
1990-2000[10] 2010-2020[1]

As of the census of 2000, there were 23,361 people, 9,206 households, and 6,729 families residing in the county. The population density was 70 per square mile (27 /km2). There were 10,127 housing units at an average density of 30 per square mile (12 /km2). The racial makeup of the county was 94.2% White, 2.53% Black or African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.38% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. 0.89% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 9,206 households, out of which 33.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.60% were married couples living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.90% were non-families. 23.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.95.

By age, 25.70% of the population was under 18, 8.40% from 18 to 24, 29.80% from 25 to 44, 23.10% from 45 to 64, and 13.10% were 65 or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $39,833,[11] and the median income for a family was $32,284. Males had a median income of $26,395 versus $20,517 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,602. About 16.40% of families and 21.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.10% of those under age 18 and 22.90% of those age 65 or over.

Politics[]

Lincoln County has been reliably Republican for several decades now, last voting for a Democratic candidate for President in 1976. In 2020, Donald Trump won the highest share of the vote ever for a presidential candidate in the county, garnering 77.8% of the vote.

United States presidential election results for Lincoln County, Kentucky[12]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 8,489 77.78% 2,254 20.65% 171 1.57%
2016 7,338 76.75% 1,865 19.51% 358 3.74%
2012 6,416 70.10% 2,582 28.21% 154 1.68%
2008 6,273 68.55% 2,752 30.07% 126 1.38%
2004 5,996 67.65% 2,796 31.55% 71 0.80%
2000 4,795 63.12% 2,678 35.25% 124 1.63%
1996 3,006 49.19% 2,550 41.73% 555 9.08%
1992 2,624 44.13% 2,532 42.58% 790 13.29%
1988 3,530 56.64% 2,677 42.96% 25 0.40%
1984 3,996 61.27% 2,498 38.30% 28 0.43%
1980 3,034 49.70% 2,991 48.99% 80 1.31%
1976 2,694 45.47% 3,198 53.97% 33 0.56%
1972 3,623 65.03% 1,882 33.78% 66 1.18%
1968 2,591 47.45% 1,736 31.79% 1,134 20.77%
1964 1,958 37.10% 3,307 62.67% 12 0.23%
1960 3,747 61.15% 2,381 38.85% 0 0.00%
1956 3,535 54.30% 2,953 45.36% 22 0.34%
1952 3,186 52.11% 2,910 47.60% 18 0.29%
1948 2,593 45.37% 2,920 51.09% 202 3.53%
1944 2,793 47.16% 3,087 52.13% 42 0.71%
1940 3,090 45.56% 3,657 53.91% 36 0.53%
1936 3,211 47.04% 3,575 52.37% 40 0.59%
1932 3,063 39.81% 4,574 59.44% 58 0.75%
1928 3,903 62.68% 2,314 37.16% 10 0.16%
1924 2,935 46.67% 3,100 49.29% 254 4.04%
1920 3,710 49.04% 3,787 50.05% 69 0.91%
1916 1,868 44.95% 2,212 53.22% 76 1.83%
1912 842 22.54% 1,863 49.87% 1,031 27.60%
1908 1,851 46.92% 1,994 50.54% 100 2.53%
1904 1,648 46.59% 1,713 48.43% 176 4.98%
1900 1,925 50.63% 1,871 49.21% 6 0.16%
1896 1,833 50.27% 1,628 44.65% 185 5.07%
1892 1,175 40.73% 1,473 51.06% 237 8.21%
1888 1,322 42.06% 1,612 51.29% 209 6.65%
1884 1,078 42.68% 1,377 54.51% 71 2.81%
1880 1,170 43.09% 1,545 56.91% 0 0.00%



Communities[]

Cities[]

  • Crab Orchard
  • Eubank (shared with Pulaski County)
  • Hustonville
  • McKinney, Kentucky
  • Stanford (county seat)
  • Waynesburg, Kentucky

Census-designated place[]

  • McKinney

Other unincorporated places[]

  • Kings Mountain
  • Waynesburg
  • Highland
  • Preachersville
  • Moreland
  • Ottenheim
  • Halls Gap

See also[]

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln County, Kentucky

References[]

  1. ^ a b "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/lincolncountykentucky/PST045221. 
  2. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx. 
  3. ^ The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. pp. 36. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ. 
  4. ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 468. https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA468. 
  5. ^ "2010 Census Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. August 22, 2012. https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt. 
  6. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021". https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html. 
  7. ^ "U.S. Decennial Census". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html. 
  8. ^ "Historical Census Browser". University of Virginia Library. http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu. 
  9. ^ "Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ky190090.txt. 
  10. ^ "Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000". United States Census Bureau. https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf. 
  11. ^ <https://datausa.io/profile/geo/lincoln-county-ky/>
  12. ^ Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS. 

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