Taylorsville, Kentucky

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City Name, State


City flag	City seal

Location in the state of Kentucky

County

Spencer

Mayor

Walter Hahn

Area
- Land
- Water

0.7 sq. miles / 1.9 km²
0.7 sq. miles / 1.9 km²
0.0 sq. miles / 0.0 km²

Population
- Total (2000)
- Density

1009
533.7/km²

Time zone
- summer (DST)

EST (UTC-5)
EDT (UTC-4)

Latitude
Longitude

38°2'5" N
85°20'38" W

Official website: http://www.taylorsville.net

Taylorsville is a town in Spencer County, Kentucky, United States. It is the county seat of Spencer County^GR6. It was incorporated in 1829.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] History

Taylorsville was founded in 1799 on the land of Richard Taylor. Roughly 60 acres of land was taken by the Shelby County Court on Taylor's motion, and soon the town was named after Taylor himself. In 1814 the town of Taylorsville was admitted to record by the Spencer County Court. ^[1]

William Quantrill, the famous Confederate guerrilla raider, was killed by Union troops near the town in 1865, just before the end of the American Civil War.[1]

[edit] Geography

Taylorsville is located at 38°2′5″N, 85°20′38″W (38.034837, -85.343797)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 km² (0.7 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,009 people, 427 households, and 234 families residing in the city. The population density was 533.7/km² (1,383.4/mi²). There were 479 housing units at an average density of 253.3/km² (656.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.09% White, 7.83% African American, 0.40% from other races, and 1.68% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.78% of the population.

There were 427 households out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.2% were married couples living together, 18.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.0% were non-families. 40.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.83.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 23.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 72.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 67.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $19,271, and the median income for a family was $30,000. Males had a median income of $24,643 versus $22,321 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,451. About 27.3% of families and 30.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 42.7% of those under age 18 and 24.4% of those age 65 or over.