Raywick, Kentucky

Raywick is a home rule-class city in Marion County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 155 at the 2020 census.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

History

The name "Raywick" is a compound of the names of two pioneer families, Ray and Wickliffe. Two members of these families, Loyd Ray and Nancy Wickliffe, married in 1811. A post office has been in operation at Raywick since 1833. The city incorporated in 1838.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Robert Rennick, Kentucky Place Names (University Press of Kentucky, 1984), p. 248.</ref>

Geography

Raywick is located in western Marion County at Template:Coord (37.560472, −85.429675).<ref name="GR1">Template:Cite web</ref> The city is situated along the Rolling Fork, just upstream from the river's confluence with Prather Creek, and Template:Convert east of the point where Marion, Nelson, and LaRue counties meet. Raywick is concentrated around the intersection of Kentucky Route 527, which leads north Template:Convert to Loretto and south over the Muldraugh Hill escarpment Template:Convert to Campbellsville, and Kentucky Route 84, which connects the city with Lebanon Template:Convert to the east.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 2.08%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/>

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 144 people, 59 households, and 44 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 67 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White.

There were 59 households, out of which 40.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.4% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 80.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,375, and the median income for a family was $41,250. Males had a median income of $31,000 versus $20,625 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,147. There were 5.6% of families and 12.9% of the population living below the poverty line, including 16.0% of under eighteens and 19.0% of those over 64.

Notable people

• J. Proctor Knott, governor of Kentucky

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