Familypedia
Register
Advertisement
This article is based on the corresponding article in another wiki. For Familypedia purposes, it requires significantly more historical detail on phases of this location's development. The ideal article for a place will give the reader a feel for what it was like to live at that location at the time their relatives were alive there. Also desirable are links to organizations that may be repositories of genealogical information..
Please help to improve this page yourself if you can.


Rockcastle County, Kentucky
Rockcastle County Kentucky Courthouse
Rockcastle County courthouse in Mount Vernon
Map of Kentucky highlighting Rockcastle County
Location in the state of Kentucky
Map of the U.S
Kentucky's location in the U.S.
Founded 1810
Named for Rockcastle River
Seat Mount Vernon
Largest city Mount Vernon
Area
 - Total
 - Land
 - Water

318 sq mi (824 km²)
317 sq mi (821 km²)
1.6 sq mi (4 km²), 0.5
Population
 - (2020)
 - Density


Congressional district 5th
Time zone Eastern: UTC-5/-4
Website https://rockcastlecountyky.com/

Rockcastle County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Mt. Vernon.[1] The county was founded in 1810[2] and named for the Rockcastle River, which runs through it. The river, in turn, is named for its majestic rock cliffs. Rockcastle County is part of the RichmondBerea, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Lexington-Fayette-Richmond-Frankfort, KY Combined Statistical Area.

Geography[]

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 318 square miles (820 km2), of which 317 square miles (820 km2) is land and 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2) (0.5%) is water.[3]

Rockcastle County is located in southeastern Kentucky. The eastern half of the county lies within the Eastern Kentucky Coal Fields. The western half of the county lies within southeastern part of the Knobs and the Eastern Pennyroyal Plateau. The county is part of Appalachia.

Adjacent counties[]

National protected area[]

  • Daniel Boone National Forest (part)

Demographics[]

Historical populations
Census Pop.
1820 2,249
1830 2,865 27.4%
1840 3,409 19.0%
1850 4,697 37.8%
1860 5,343 13.8%
1870 7,145 33.7%
1880 9,670 35.3%
1890 9,841 1.8%
1900 12,416 26.2%
1910 14,473 16.6%
1920 15,406 6.4%
1930 15,149 −1.7%
1940 17,165 13.3%
1950 13,925 −18.9%
1960 12,334 −11.4%
1970 12,305 −0.2%
1980 13,973 13.6%
1990 14,803 5.9%
2000 16,582 12.0%
2010 17,056 2.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]
1790-1960[5] 1900-1990[6]
1990-2000[7] 2010-2020[8]

As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 16,582 people, 6,544 households, and 4,764 families residing in the county. The population density was 52 per square mile (20 /km2). There were 7,353 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile (8.9 /km2). The racial makeup of the county was 98.81% White, 0.14% Black or African American, 0.24% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.04% from other races, and 0.63% from two or more races. 0.62% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 6,544 households, out of which 33.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.90% were married couples living together, 11.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.20% were non-families. 24.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.95.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 24.40% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 30.00% from 25 to 44, 23.60% from 45 to 64, and 13.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 97.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over there were 94.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $23,475 and the median income for a family was $30,278. Males had a median income of $26,770 versus $18,388 for females. The per capita income for the county was $12,337. About 19.10% of families and 23.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 28.30% of those under age 18 and 21.60% of those age 65 or over.

Politics[]

Rockcastle County has been a Republican stronghold since its founding. It has only voted for the Democratic presidential nominee four times, in 1868, 1872, 1876, and 1880. It has also never voted for a Democratic candidate from the county's founding in 1810 until 1868.

United States presidential election results for Rockcastle County, Kentucky[10]
Year Republican Democratic Third party
No.  % No.  % No.  %
2020 6,577 84.49% 1,134 14.57% 73 0.94%
2016 5,609 83.83% 915 13.68% 167 2.50%
2012 5,028 80.89% 1,097 17.65% 91 1.46%
2008 4,757 75.82% 1,410 22.47% 107 1.71%
2004 4,804 77.91% 1,320 21.41% 42 0.68%
2000 3,992 76.08% 1,174 22.37% 81 1.54%
1996 3,106 66.80% 1,160 24.95% 384 8.26%
1992 3,287 67.12% 1,144 23.36% 466 9.52%
1988 3,880 78.42% 1,041 21.04% 27 0.55%
1984 4,328 79.73% 1,089 20.06% 11 0.20%
1980 3,543 71.62% 1,345 27.19% 59 1.19%
1976 2,583 64.37% 1,408 35.09% 22 0.55%
1972 3,437 77.31% 968 21.77% 41 0.92%
1968 3,072 66.96% 868 18.92% 648 14.12%
1964 2,829 63.20% 1,631 36.44% 16 0.36%
1960 3,982 77.73% 1,141 22.27% 0 0.00%
1956 3,787 74.08% 1,313 25.68% 12 0.23%
1952 3,503 72.35% 1,326 27.39% 13 0.27%
1948 3,236 70.61% 1,309 28.56% 38 0.83%
1944 3,802 74.03% 1,327 25.84% 7 0.14%
1940 3,536 68.08% 1,652 31.81% 6 0.12%
1936 3,875 71.19% 1,568 28.81% 0 0.00%
1932 3,577 64.29% 1,976 35.51% 11 0.20%
1928 3,858 80.95% 908 19.05% 0 0.00%
1924 2,712 66.24% 1,277 31.19% 105 2.56%
1920 3,561 70.96% 1,438 28.66% 19 0.38%
1916 1,932 66.28% 968 33.21% 15 0.51%
1912 1,082 43.16% 859 34.26% 566 22.58%
1908 1,816 64.17% 962 33.99% 52 1.84%
1904 1,624 64.50% 848 33.68% 46 1.83%
1900 1,637 61.56% 1,010 37.98% 12 0.45%
1896 1,480 62.63% 846 35.80% 37 1.57%
1892 966 56.49% 684 40.00% 60 3.51%
1888 1,050 56.18% 777 41.57% 42 2.25%
1884 905 56.46% 698 43.54% 0 0.00%
1880 749 47.41% 760 48.10% 71 4.49%



Communities[]

  • Brodhead
  • Livingston
  • Mount Vernon (county seat)

See also[]

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockcastle County, Kentucky
  • Rockcastle Regional Hospital and Respiratory Care Center
  • Goochland Cave

References[]

External links[]

Commons-logo
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Coordinates: 37°22′N 84°19′W / 37.36, -84.32


This page uses content from the English language Wikipedia. The original content was at Rockcastle County, Kentucky. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with this Familypedia wiki, the content of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons License.
Advertisement