Manchester is a home rule-class city[3] in Clay County, Kentucky, in the United States. Manchester is part of the Corbin KY Micropolitan statistical area, as is the entirety of Clay County, and is the seat of its county[4] and the home of a minimum- and medium-security federal prison. The city's population was 1,255 at the 2010 census.
Manchester, Kentucky | |
|---|---|
 Clay County Courthouse in Manchester, Kentucky | |
| Motto: The City of Hope | |
 Location of Manchester in Clay County, Kentucky. | |
| Coordinates: 37°9′10″N 83°45′48″W / 37.15278°N 83.76333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Clay |
| Incorporated | February 6, 1844 |
| Named for | the English industrial town |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Steve Collins |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.96 sq mi (7.65 km2) |
| • Land | 2.93 sq mi (7.58 km2) |
| • Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2) |
| Elevation | 869 ft (265 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,512 |
• Estimate (2022)[2] | 1,459 |
| • Density | 516.57/sq mi (199.44/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 40962 |
| Area code | 606 |
| FIPS code | 21-49656 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0513768 |
| Website | welovemanchester |
History
editThe town was founded to be the seat of the newly formed Clay County in 1807 on a 10-acre (4.0 ha) parcel near the Lower Goose Creek Salt Works. The county court stipulated that the town be named Greenville in honor of the War of 1812 general who gave the county its name.[5] The Greenville in Muhlenberg County had already preempted that name, however, and it was changed to "Manchester" in December. There was a local legend in the town that this was in honor of the hometown of Gen. Garrard's second wife Lucy Lees, but a prominent local family, the Hollingsworth, were originally from Manchester, England. Rennick points out that Lees was born well after the naming of the city. He opines that it is more likely that the local businessmen simply wanted a name evocative of the English industrial success.[5]
Geography
editManchester is located at 37°9′10″N 83°45′48″W / 37.15278°N 83.76333°W (37.152818, -83.763403).[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km2), all land.
Demographics
edit| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 97 | — | |
| 1900 | 398 | — | |
| 1910 | 626 | 57.3% | |
| 1940 | 1,509 | — | |
| 1950 | 1,706 | 13.1% | |
| 1960 | 1,868 | 9.5% | |
| 1970 | 1,664 | −10.9% | |
| 1980 | 1,838 | 10.5% | |
| 1990 | 1,634 | −11.1% | |
| 2000 | 1,738 | 6.4% | |
| 2010 | 1,255 | −27.8% | |
| 2020 | 1,512 | 20.5% | |
| 2022 (est.) | 1,459 | [7] | −3.5% |
| U.S. Decennial Census[8] | |||
As of the census[9] of 2010, there were 1,255 people, 579 households, and 332 families living in the city. The population density was 836.7 inhabitants per square mile (323.1/km2). There were 655 housing units at an average density of 436.7 per square mile (168.6/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 92.5% White, 6.3% African American, 0% Native American, 0.1% Asian, 0.2% from other races, and 0.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1% of the population.
There were 579 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.5% were married couples living together, 19% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% were non-families. 37.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.84.
Education
editManchester has a lending library, the Clay County Public Library.[10]
Media
editManchester is the city of license cited by four radio stations:
Notable people
edit- Bert T. Combs – Former jurist and 50th Governor of Kentucky.
- Theophilus T. Garrard – A politician and Union general in the American Civil War.
- Richie Farmer – Former University of Kentucky shooting guard and Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture.
References
edit- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform" (PDF). Kentucky League of Cities. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ a b Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 186. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 August 2013.
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Kentucky Public Library Directory". Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
Further reading
edit- Estep, Bill (November 30, 2013). "50 Years of Night: A drug-addled city hits bottom, strives to get clean". Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington: The McClatchy Company.
