Editing Campton, Kentucky

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|official_name            = Campton, Kentucky
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Wolfe County, Kentucky|Wolfe]]
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|government_type          = [[City commission government|City Commission]]
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|leader_name              = Katherine May
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|established_title        = Incorporated
|established_date         = March 17, 1870

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|population_total         = 316
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'''Campton''' is a [[List of cities in Kentucky|home rule-class city]] in and the [[county seat]] of [[Wolfe County, Kentucky|Wolfe County]], [[Kentucky]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> The population was 441 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].

==History==
Campton was a camp town with a small creek, Swift Creek (named after Jonathan Swift of the legend of [[Swift's silver mine]]),  running through the town.  Swift supposedly buried treasure in the area which has never been recovered.

==Geography==
Campton is located at {{coord|37.734689|-83.548427|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|1.1|sqmi|km2}} is land and {{convert|0.04|sqmi|km2}} (3.57%) is water.

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1870= 67
|1880= 102
|1890= 317
|1900= 276
|1910= 326
|1920= 277
|1930= 337
|1940= 418
|1950= 431
|1960= 484
|1970= 419
|1980= 486
|1990= 484
|2000= 424
|2010= 441
|2020= 316
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 424 people, 196 households, and 117 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|393.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 229 housing units at an average density of {{convert|212.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 99.76% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 0.24% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.71% of the population.

There were 196 households, out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.3% were non-families. 37.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.3% 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 2.85.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 22.4% under the age of 18, 10.4% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $17,778, and the median income for a family was $21,528. Males had a median income of $24,375 versus $21,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $11,167. About 31.8% of families and 34.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 47.4% of those under age 18 and 23.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Campton has a [[public library|lending library]], the Wolfe County Public Library.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111202017/https://kdla.ky.gov/librarians/pages/librarydirectory.aspx | url-status=dead | archive-date=11 January 2019 | title=Kentucky Public Library Directory | publisher=Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives | access-date=7 June 2019}}</ref>

==Arts and culture==
The annual [[Swift Silver Mine Festival]] is held on Labor Day weekend each year. It includes a parade and vendors in the downtown area.

==Notable people==
*Folk artist [[Edgar Tolson]]; [[Ralph Rinzler]] of the Smithsonian Institution was impressed by Tolson's figures, and included them in the 1971 Festival of American Folklife.
*Folk artist Randy Spencer; Well known folk artist and creator of [https://www.kentuckywalkingstick.com Kentucky Walking Sticks].
*[[Tyler Booth]], Country singer, grew up near the city Campton, Kentucky, population 424, on a farm where he begin playing guitar and writing songs from an early age. Booth signed a major record deal with [[Sony Music Nashville]] in early 2020. His voice and song writing talents were discovered while attending college at [[Morehead State University]] his freshman year.

==References==
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{{Wolfe County, Kentucky}}
{{Eastern Mountain Coal Fields (Kentucky)}} 
{{Kentucky county seats}}

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[[Category:Cities in Wolfe County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Cities in Kentucky]]
[[Category:County seats in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1870]]
[[Category:1870 establishments in Kentucky]]