Editing Carlisle, Kentucky

{{Distinguish|Carlisle County, Kentucky}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Carlisle, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[list of cities in Kentucky|City]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
| image_skyline      = Downtown carlisle, ky.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = Main Street in Carlisle
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| image_map          = File:Nicholas County Kentucky Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Carlisle Highlighted 2112898.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Carlisle in Nicholas County, Kentucky.
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 
| map_caption1       = <!-- Location -->
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Kentucky]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Nicholas County, Kentucky|Nicholas]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = 
| leader_name        = 
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = 
| established_date   = <!-- Area -->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_21.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 18, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 3.46
| area_land_km2      = 3.45
| area_water_km2     = 0.01
| area_total_sq_mi   = 1.34
| area_land_sq_mi    = 1.33
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.01

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 2093
| population_density_km2 = 606.84
| population_density_sq_mi = 1571.32
| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 906
| coordinates        = {{coord|38|18|59|N|84|02|00|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]s
| postal_code        = 40311, 40350
| area_code          = [[Area code 859|859]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-12898
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2403995<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2403995}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://carlisle.ky.gov}}
| footnotes          = 
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| population_est     = 2148
}}

'''Carlisle''' is a [[list of Kentucky cities|home rule-class city]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klc.org/UserFiles/files/ClassificationReformFACT(3).pdf |title=Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform |publisher=Kentucky League of Cities |access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> in [[Nicholas County, Kentucky|Nicholas County]], [[Kentucky]], United States. The population was 2,010 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is the [[county seat]] of Nicholas County.<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> It is located at the junction of [[Kentucky Route 32]] and [[Kentucky Route 36]], about halfway between [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]] and [[Maysville, Kentucky|Maysville]].

==History==
Carlisle was founded in 1816 when John Kincart donated land to facilitate the relocation of the county seat from [[Ellisville, Kentucky|Ellisville]], {{convert|5|mi}} to the north.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=cannon+ky&pg=PA50 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | date=1987 | access-date=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=50| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Carlisle has a total area of {{convert|1.3|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1860 = 360
| 1870 = 606
| 1880 = 909
| 1890 = 1081
| 1900 = 1377
| 1910 = 1293
| 1920 = 1569
| 1930 = 1469
| 1940 = 1414
| 1950 = 1524
| 1960 = 1601
| 1970 = 1579
| 1980 = 1757
| 1990 = 1639
| 2000 = 1917
| 2010 = 2010
| 2020 = 2093
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 2148
| estref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/tables/2020-2022/cities/totals/SUB-IP-EST2022-POP-21.xlsx|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022|publisher= United States Census Bureau|access-date= May 26, 2023}}</ref>
| 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 2010, there were 2,010 people, 892 households, and 546 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,499.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,040 housing units at an average density of {{convert|768.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.10% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.8% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.3% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.4% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.3% of the population.

There were 892 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 35% of all households were made up of individuals, and 37.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 19, 5.0% from 20 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,112, and the median income for a family was $42,664.

==Education==
'''<u>Public Schools:</u>'''

• Nicholas County Elementary School

• Nicholas County Middle School

• Nicholas County High School

'''<u>Private Schools:</u>'''

• New Beginnings Christian Academy

'''<u>Public Library:</u>'''

Carlisle has a [[public library|lending library]], a branch of the Nicholas 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>

==Notable people==
*[[Betty Blake]], Steamboat preservationist.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/14/obituaries/betty-blake-ex-officer-of-the-delta-queen-co.html|title=Betty Blake, Ex-Officer Of the Delta Queen Co.|date=14 April 1982|work=New York Times|access-date=2018-05-09|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Daniel Boone]], pioneer, folk hero
*[[Gatewood Galbraith]], political activist
*[[Bela M. Hughes]], pioneer
*[[Barbara Kingsolver]], writer
*[[Robert T. McCowan]], Ashland Oil Vice Chairman and UK Board Director
*[[Thomas Metcalfe (Kentucky)|Thomas Metcalfe]], moved to a farm in Carlisle
*[[William F. Spurgin]], US Army brigadier general, born in Carlisle<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Leonard |editor-first=John W. |date=1903 |title=Who's Who In America |volume=III |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7OULAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1402 |location=Chicago |publisher=A. N. Marquis & Company |pages=1402–1403 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Nicholas County, Kentucky}}
{{Kentucky county seats}}

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[[Category:Cities in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Cities in Nicholas County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:County seats in Kentucky]]