Pembroke, Kentucky
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Pembroke is a home rule-class city in Christian County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 865 as of the 2020 census, stagnant from 869 as of the 2010 U.S. Census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite web</ref> It is part of the Clarksville, Tennessee metropolitan area.
History
[edit]The town was settled in 1836 and named for Pembroke Somerset, Esq.,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a character in Jane Porter's 1803 novel Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Dr. Lunsford Lindsay, a local store owner.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 229. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 August 2013.</ref> It was incorporated as a city in 1869.<ref name=sos/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Geography
[edit]Pembroke is located in eastern Christian County at Template:Coord (36.774633, -87.356361).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> U.S. Route 41 passes through the town as Nashville Street, leading northwest Template:Convert to Hopkinsville, the county seat, and southeast Template:Convert to Guthrie at the Tennessee border.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Pembroke has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 0.42%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
Demographics
[edit]Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 797 people, 305 households, and 214 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 328 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 64.87% White, 31.12% African American, 0.50% Native American or Alaska Native, 0.25% Asian, 0.75% from other races, and 2.51% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 1.25% of the population.
There were 305 households, out of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were married couples living together, 18.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.95.
The age distribution was 25.7% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 20.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $27,143, and the median income for a family was $30,568. Males had a median income of $28,250 versus $18,194 for females. The per capita income for the city was $13,663. About 20.5% of families and 24.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.1% of those under age 18 and 21.4% of those age 65 or over.
See also
[edit]- Other places named Pembroke