Hurstbourne, Kentucky

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Hurstbourne is a city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,884 at the 2000 census. The land was surveyed by John Floyd in 1774 and part of a military land grant to Henry Harrison. It was first settled by William Linn, who build a stockade, Linn's Station, along Beargrass Creek in 1779. It was probably located along the east side of what is now Hurstbourne Parkway.

In 1789, Richard Clough Anderson purchased 500 acres and established an estate called Soldier's Retreat, which made up much of Hurstbourne. It was owned in 1842 by John Jeremiah Jacob, who renamed it Lynnford, and by 1915 the property was known as Hurstbourne. Jacob's 1840s house is now part of the Hurstbourne Country Club's clubhouse.

Hurstbourne Parkway was created in 1935 when an earlier lane was widened. By 1965 the property was called Hindbaugh Farms, and as it was by then located on the edge of Louisville, commercial and residential development began. It incorporated as a city in 1982 to prevent annexation by Louisville. Almost all land was developed by 1990.

It is today bisected by I-64 and effectively an edge city to Louisville, with a great number of office parks and shopping centers, as well as an industrial park, concentrated within a few blocks of Hurstbourne Parkway, on land that was undeveloped 40 years earlier.

[edit] Geography

Hurstbourne is located at 38°14′25″N, 85°35′33″W (38.240235, -85.592599)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.8 km² (1.9 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 3,884 people, 1,699 households, and 1,199 families residing in the city. The population density was 801.9/km² (2,077.1/mi²). There were 1,887 housing units at an average density of 389.6/km² (1,009.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.45% White, 3.01% African American, 0.10% Native American, 4.25% Asian, 0.23% from other races, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.08% of the population.

There were 1,699 households out of which 22.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were married couples living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.1% 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 2.78.

In the city the population was spread out with 18.4% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 16.7% from 25 to 44, 36.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $88,972, and the median income for a family was $106,450. Males had a median income of $98,616 versus $35,029 for females. The per capita income for the city was $49,328. About 1.3% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.