Wittensville is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. It has a United States Postal Service and its ZIP code is 41274.
Wittensville, Kentucky | |
|---|---|
  Wittensville  Wittensville | |
| Coordinates: 37°51′46″N 82°47′59″W / 37.86278°N 82.79972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Johnson |
| Elevation | 692 ft (211 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
• Total | 624 |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 41274 |
| GNIS feature ID | 509395 |
Geography and History
editWittensville has an elevation of 692 feet.[1] It was first resided in 1843.
Demographics
editAs of the census of 2000,[2] there were 624 people, 250 households, and 192 families residing in the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA for Wittensville's ZIP code. The racial makeup of the ZCTA was 98.6% White, 0.2% African American, and 0.5% Asian.
There were 250 households, out of which 39.6% had children under the age of 18, 51.2% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 18.8% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 2.79.
The median income for a household in the ZCTA was $14,635, and the median income for a family was $18,750. Males had a median income of $25,948 and $18,274 for females. The per capita income was $7,517. 34.7% of the families in the community were below the poverty line.
Education
editMost students living in Wittensville attend:[3]
- W.R. Castle Elementary School (kindergarten-sixth grade)
- Paintsville Elementary School in Paintsville (kindergarten-sixth grade)
- Johnson County Middle School in Paintsville (seventh-eighth grade)
- Johnson Central High School in Paintsville (ninth-twelfth grade)
- Paintsville High School in Paintsville (seventh-twelfth grade)
Notable people
edit- Hubert Collins - Member of Kentucky House of Representatives
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wittensville, Kentucky
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Johnson County Schools". www.johnson.k12.ky.us. Retrieved March 20, 2023.