| Bellefonte, Kentucky | |
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| Coordinates: 38°29′37″N 82°41′18″W / 38.49361°N 82.68833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Greenup |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Tom Bradley |
| Area | |
| - Total | 0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2) |
| - Land | 0.7 sq mi (1.9 km2) |
| - Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 636 ft (194 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 837 |
| - Density | 1,161.3/sq mi (448.4/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 21-05374 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0486804 |
Bellefonte is a residential city in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 837 at the 2000 census. Locally, Bellefonte is known for its upscale neighborhoods and the private Bellefonte Country Club, which has a championship level 18 hole golf course. Bellefonte developed in the later half of the 20th century as a suburb of Ashland, and it is exclusively home to the business and professional elite of Ashland. Some homes in Bellefonte are valued over 1 million dollars. The exclusive nature of the city is evident by the demographic make up of the community which can be found below. One very unusual factor of Bellefonte is that within its corporate limits, there are virtually no residents under the povery line.[citation needed]
Nearby, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital is named for its location, being just north of Bellefonte in Russell, KY. Also in the mid 80's Ashland Oil Incorporated relocated its national headquarters from downtown Ashland to the elevated hill north of Bellefonte. The modern business park complex comprised four state of the art buildings. In 1999, the corporation moved its main headquarters to Covington Kentucky, but retained the executive building and the office services building and still occupies both buildings at this time. The other two structures left vacant were donated by Ashland Oil to the community and were soon filled by other corporate offices.
Bellefonte is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649.
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Geography
Bellefonte is located at 38°29′37″N 82°41′18″W / 38.49361°N 82.68833°W (38.493560, -82.688364)[1].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 km²), all of it land. The city sets on a plateau directly northwest of Ashland, centered on Kentucky Route 5 and Country Club Drive. Route 5 terminates at U.S. 23 near the Boyd/Greenup county line.
Demographics
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 837 people, 349 households, and 270 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,161.3 people per square mile (448.8/km²). There were 383 housing units at an average density of 531.4/sq mi (205.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.57% White, 0.12% African American, 0.84% Asian, 0.12% from other races, and 0.36% from two or more races.
There were 349 households out of which 26.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.3% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.6% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.77.
In the city the population was spread out with 20.1% under the age of 18, 3.8% from 18 to 24, 21.1% from 25 to 44, 31.5% from 45 to 64, and 23.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females there were 93.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $73,333, and the median income for a family was $81,798. Males had a median income of $56,964 versus $40,000 for females. The per capita income for the city was $37,813. None of the families and 1.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including no under eighteens and 1.8% of those over 64.
Education
The city sits within the Russell Independent School District, which also includes the nearby cities of Russell and Flatwoods. There are, however, no public schools within the city of Bellefonte with many of the city's children attending schools in either Russell or Flatwoods.
References
- ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2005-05-03. http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
External links
- Bellefonte, Kentucky is at coordinates 38°29′37″N 82°41′18″W / 38.49356°N 82.688364°WCoordinates: 38°29′37″N 82°41′18″W / 38.49356°N 82.688364°W
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