Jackson County, Kentucky

Jackson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,494.[1] Its county seat is McKee.[2] The county was formed in 1858 from land given by Madison, Estill, Owsley, Clay, Laurel, and Rockcastle counties.[3] It was named for Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.[4][5] It is a dry county, but its county seat McKee voted to allow a single business to sell alcoholic beverages in 2019.

Not to be confused with Jackson, Kentucky.
Jackson County
U.S. county
Jackson County courthouse in McKee
Location within the U.S. state of Kentucky
Kentucky's location within the U.S.
Coordinates: 37°25′N 84°01′W
Country United States
State Kentucky
Founded1858
Named forAndrew Jackson
SeatMcKee
Largest communityAnnville
Area
 • Total347 sq mi (900 km2)
 • Land345 sq mi (890 km2)
 • Water1.3 sq mi (3 km2)  0.4%%
Population
 • Estimate 
(2018)
13,442
 • Density39/sq mi (15/km2)
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Congressional district5th
Websitejacksoncounty.ky.gov

Jackson County is home to the Daniel Boone National Forest.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 347 square miles (900 km2), of which 345 square miles (890 km2) is land and 1.3 square miles (3.4 km2) (0.4%) is water.[6]

Major highways

US 421 serves as the county's north-south corridor, connecting it to Madison County in the north to the cities Richmond and Berea, with the south connecting the county to Clay County and its county seat, Manchester. The road is mostly a simple two-lane road with many curves. It passes through Tyner, McKee and Sand Gap.

KY 30 serves as a east-west corridor, passing through the southern part of the county as a newly renovated highway, completed in 2010. It connects the county to Laurel County to the west, and Owsley County to the east. Although the newly renovated highway currently stops in Tyner, the highway is expected to be completely renovated through the county by 2022, making the entirety of the road a standard highway allowing people from Owsley County to get to Laurel County more easily. Currently, the road bypasses Annville, and passes through Tyner.

Adjacent counties

National protected area

Demographics
Historical population
CensusPop.%±
18603,087—
18704,54747.3%
18806,67846.9%
18908,26123.7%
190010,56127.8%
191010,7341.6%
192011,6878.9%
193010,467−10.4%
194016,33956.1%
195013,101−19.8%
196010,677−18.5%
197010,005−6.3%
198011,99619.9%
199011,955−0.3%
200013,49512.9%
201013,4940.0%
Est. 201813,442[7]−0.4%
U.S. Decennial Census[8]
1790-1960[9] 1900-1990[10]
1990-2000[11] 2010-2013[1]

As of the census[12] of 2000, there were 13,495 people, 5,307 households, and 3,953 families residing in the county. The population density was 39 per square mile (15/km2). There were 6,065 housing units at an average density of 18 per square mile (6.9/km2). The racial makeup of the county was 99.17% White, 0.05% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.01% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.04% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. 0.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 5,307 households out of which 35.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.20% were married couples living together, 10.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.50% were non-families. 23.00% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the county, the population was spread out with 26.10% under the age of 18, 9.80% from 18 to 24, 29.40% from 25 to 44, 22.90% from 45 to 64, and 11.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 97.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $20,177, and the median income for a family was $23,638. Males had a median income of $25,087 versus $16,065 for females. The per capita income for the county was $10,711. About 25.80% of families and 30.20% of the population were below the poverty line, including 36.50% of those under age 18 and 24.10% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

City

Census-designated place

Other unincorporated places

Politics

In presidential elections Jackson County has voted Republican since the Civil War.[15] No Democratic presidential candidate has ever received 30 percent of the county's vote and only Lyndon Johnson in his national landslide of 1964, and Bill Clinton in 1996, have received so much as 20 percent. The only times Jackson County has not voted for the Republican Party were in its first election of 1860 when the county went to Constitutional Unionist John Bell, and in 1912 when the Republican Party was split and Theodore Roosevelt carried the county with 52 percent of the vote over William Howard Taft with 34 percent.

In 1936 Alf Landon, who lost 46 of 48 states, received over 89 percent of Jackson County's vote.[16] The county also gave the Republican candidate the highest percentage in the 1928, 1948,[17] 1960,[18] 1976,[19] 1988, [20] and 1992 presidential elections.[21] In 1992 Jackson County, along with Sioux County, Iowa, were the only two counties in the U.S to vote for George H. W. Bush by over 70 percent in his re-election campaign.[21]

Presidential election results
Presidential election results[22]
Year Republican Democratic Third parties
2016 88.9% 4,889 8.8% 482 2.4% 130
2012 86.3% 4,365 12.1% 612 1.7% 84
2008 84.4% 4,407 14.2% 743 1.4% 74
2004 84.4% 4,369 14.9% 769 0.8% 40
2000 84.0% 4,079 14.4% 701 1.5% 75
1996 70.0% 3,045 22.1% 960 8.0% 346
1992 75.0% 3,398 17.1% 776 7.9% 359
1988 85.2% 3,926 14.7% 678 0.1% 6
1984 87.4% 3,856 12.3% 542 0.3% 15
1980 82.0% 3,379 17.0% 702 1.0% 42
1976 79.8% 2,766 19.6% 680 0.6% 20
1972 92.2% 5,303 7.6% 436 0.2% 14
1968 84.1% 3,098 8.3% 304 7.7% 282
1964 73.8% 2,654 25.6% 920 0.6% 23
1960 90.4% 3,923 9.7% 419
1956 88.4% 3,950 11.2% 501 0.5% 20
1952 86.8% 3,104 13.2% 471 0.1% 3
1948 86.0% 2,781 13.3% 429 0.7% 24
1944 91.6% 3,578 8.4% 328 0.1% 2
1940 88.6% 3,722 11.1% 465 0.3% 13
1936 89.1% 3,440 10.9% 420 0.1% 3
1932 84.3% 2,879 15.5% 529 0.2% 8
1928 96.5% 3,552 3.3% 123 0.1% 5
1924 88.0% 2,629 9.5% 284 2.5% 76
1920 92.2% 3,174 7.6% 260 0.3% 10
1916 87.9% 1,968 11.3% 252 0.9% 19
1912 34.1% 577 12.8% 216 53.1% 897

Jackson County is part of Kentucky's 5th congressional district, which has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+31 and is represented by Republican Hal Rogers. In the Kentucky House of Representatives it is in the 89th District and has been represented by Republican Robert Goforth since 2018. In the Kentucky Senate it is in the 21st District and was represented by Republican Tom Jensen until he retired in 2012. In the 2012 election, Albert Robinson was elected to represent the 21st District. Robinson is a London, KY businessman.[23]

Education

One public school district, Jackson County Public Schools, serves K-12 students in the county.

In the county, there are three public elementary schools that serve students from preschool to grade 5. The most populated of these is Tyner Elementary, and the least populated being Sand Gap Elementary.

  • McKee Elementary
  • Sand Gap Elementary
  • Tyner Elementary

One public middle school serves the county's students from grades 6 through 8.

  • Jackson County Middle School

One public high school serves the county's students from grades 9 through 12.

There is one private school in the county.

  • Annville Christian Academy (up to grade 12)

Famous residents

See also

References
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  2. "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 151. Retrieved 2013-07-26.
  4. The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1. Kentucky State Historical Society. 1903. pp. 35.
  5. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp. 167.
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  12. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  13. Populated Place: Datha, Jackson County, Kentucky
  14. Hisel School and The Dutch Reformed Church at Hisel, accessed March 2017
  15. Marshall, Anne E. Creating a Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in a Border State, pp. 114-115. ISBN 1469609835
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  22. Leip, David. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
  23. "Kentucky Legislators by county at the Kentucky government site". Lrc.ky.gov. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
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  25. Johnson, Millard (March 23, 2011). "Washington Post Obituary".

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