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Cumberland County was created in 1798 from land given by Green County.^[5] In 1829, the first oil well in the United States was dug three miles north of Burkesville. However, it is usually not recognized as such because the drillers were looking for salt brine.

It was the first county in the United States to elect a female sheriff, Pearl Carter Pace.

Burkesville is the first city downstream from Wolf Creek Dam. There has been much recent concern about the dam's stability.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of {{convert|311|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|305|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|5.7|sqmi}} (1.8%) is water.^[6] Major waterways include the Cumberland River and a small branch of Dale Hollow Lake which covers the southern end of the county.

Adjacent counties

Demographics

As of the census^[12] of 2000, there were 7,147 people, 2,976 households, and 2,038 families residing in the county. The population density was {{convert|23|/sqmi|/km2}}. There were 3,567 housing units at an average density of {{convert|12|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 95.28% White, 3.41% Black or African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.04% Asian, 0.06% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 0.91% from two or more races. 0.60% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 2,976 households out of which 29.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.00% were married couples living together, 11.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.50% were non-families. 28.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the county, the population was spread out with 23.60% under the age of 18, 6.90% from 18 to 24, 26.80% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 17.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 92.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $21,572, and the median income for a family was $28,701. Males had a median income of $21,313 versus $16,548 for females. The per capita income for the county was $12,643. About 16.40% of families and 23.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30.30% of those under age 18 and 33.00% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

City

Census-designated place

Other unincorporated places

Politics

Like all of the heavily Unionist eastern Pennyroyal, Cumberland County provided an exceptionally large number of soldiers for the Union Army during the Civil War.^[13] Consequently, Cumberland County became and has remained overwhelmingly Republican following the end of Reconstruction. As of 2012, Cumberland County had the fewest number of registered Democrats, 844, out of all of Kentucky's counties.^[14]

The last Democrat to carry Cumberland County at the Presidential level was Horatio Seymour in 1868 – when the state was largely controlled by former Confederates.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}} And since at least 1896, Lyndon Johnson in his 1964 landslide is the solitary Democrat to top forty percent of the county's vote.

Cumberland County was a dry county prior to a special election held June 28, 2016, where the measure passed 1,441 votes to 1,069 votes.

Notable people

See also

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21057.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 6, 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |accessdate=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archivedate=2011-05-31 |df= }}
3. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=97}}
4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luoxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1 | publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society | year=1903 | pages=35}}
5. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZFQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Volume 2 | publisher=Collins & Company | author=Collins, Lewis | year=1882 | pages=26}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210847/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt |dead-url=yes |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=August 13, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}
7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/tables.2016.html|title=Population and Housing Unit Estimates|accessdate=June 9, 2017}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 13, 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6YSasqtfX?url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|archivedate=May 12, 2015|df=}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|accessdate=August 13, 2014}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ky190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 13, 2014}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 13, 2014}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=American FactFinder |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov/ |archivedate=2013-09-11 |df= }}
13. ^Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, volume 71, no. 4 (October, 1973), pp. 344-363
14. ^VOTER REGISTRATION STATISTICS REPORT; Kentucky Secretary of State
15. ^{{Cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS|title=Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections|last=Leip|first=David|website=uselectionatlas.org|access-date=2018-07-01}}
16. ^{{cite web|url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_montana/col2-content/main-content-list/title_norris_edwin.html|title= Montana Governor Edwin Lee Norris|publisher= National Governors Association |accessdate= October 10, 2012}}
17. ^{{cite book|last1=Applegate|first1=Kris|last2=Miller|first2=Jarenda|title=Around Lake Cumberland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bDxc37SOugoC&pg=PA35|year=2009|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-6819-5|page=35}}

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