Editing Carroll County, Kentucky

{{short description|County in Kentucky, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox U.S. county
 | county               = Carroll County
 | state                = Kentucky
 | seal                 = 
 | founded year         = 1838
 | founded date         = 
 | seat wl              = Carrollton
 | largest city wl      = Carrollton
 | area_total_sq_mi     = 137
 | area_land_sq_mi      = 129
 | area_water_sq_mi     = 8.7
 | area percentage      = 6.4%
 | census yr            = 2020
 | pop                  = 10810
 | pop_est_as_of        = 2024
 | population_est       = 11111 {{increase}}
 | density_sq_mi        = auto
 | time zone            = Eastern
 | footnotes            = 
 | web                  = http://www.carrollcountygov.us
 | named for            = [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]]
 | ex image             = Carroll county kentucky courthouse.jpg
 | ex image cap         = Carroll County Courthouse in Carrollton
 | district             = 4th 
}}

'''Carroll County''' is a [[County (United States)|county]] located in the northern part of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Kentucky]]. Its [[county seat]] is [[Carrollton, Kentucky|Carrollton]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |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=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> The county was formed in 1838 and named for [[Charles Carroll of Carrollton]], the last living signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luoxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA34 | title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1 | publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society | year=1903 | pages=34}}</ref> It is located at the [[confluence]] of the [[Kentucky River|Kentucky]] and [[Ohio River|Ohio]] Rivers.

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|137|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|129|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|8.7|sqmi}} (6.4%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812210847/http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/docs/gazetteer/counties_list_21.txt |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=August 13, 2014 |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files }}</ref> It is the third-smallest county by area in Kentucky.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Jefferson County, Indiana]]  (north)
* [[Switzerland County, Indiana]]  (northwest)
* [[Gallatin County, Kentucky|Gallatin County]]  (east)
* [[Owen County, Kentucky|Owen County]]  (southeast)
* [[Henry County, Kentucky|Henry County]]  (south)
* [[Trimble County, Kentucky|Trimble County]]  (west)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1840 = 3966
| 1850 = 5526
| 1860 = 6578
| 1870 = 6189
| 1880 = 8953
| 1890 = 9266
| 1900 = 9825
| 1910 = 8110
| 1920 = 8346
| 1930 = 8155
| 1940 = 8657
| 1950 = 8517
| 1960 = 7978
| 1970 = 8523
| 1980 = 9270
| 1990 = 9292
| 2000 = 10155
| 2010 = 10811
| 2020 = 10810
| estyear = 2024
| estimate = 11111
| estref = <ref name="USCensusEst2024">{{Cite web |title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Counties: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2024 |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-counties-total.html|access-date=March 13, 2025 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>
| align-fn = center
| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=U.S. Decennial Census|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 13, 2014}}</ref><br />1790-1960<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mapserver.lib.virginia.edu|title=Historical Census Browser|publisher=University of Virginia Library|access-date=August 13, 2014}}</ref> 1900-1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/cencounts/ky190090.txt|title=Population of Counties by Decennial Census: 1900 to 1990|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 13, 2014}}</ref><br />1990-2000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100327165705/http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs/phc-t4/tables/tab02.pdf |archive-date=March 27, 2010 |url-status=live|title=Census 2000 PHC-T-4. Ranking Tables for Counties: 1990 and 2000|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=August 13, 2014}}</ref> 2010-2020<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21041.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607101048/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/21/21041.html|archive-date=June 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 10,155 people, 3,940 households, and 2,722 families residing in the county. The [[population density]] was {{convert|78|/sqmi|/km2}}. There were 4,439 housing units at an average density of {{convert|34|/sqmi|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the county was 95.16% [[Race (United States Census)|White]], 1.94% [[Race (United States Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.23% [[Race (United States Census)|Native American]], 0.17% [[Race (United States Census)|Asian]], 0.05% [[Race (United States Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.42% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.04% from two or more races. 3.25% of the population were [[Race (United States Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Race (United States Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 3,940 households, out of which 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.40% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.90% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 25.30% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 29.90% from 25 to 44, 23.20% from 45 to 64, and 12.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 101.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.00 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,925, and the median income for a family was $44,037. Males had a median income of $33,588 versus $20,974 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the county was $17,057. About 10.40% of families and 14.90% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.80% of those under age 18 and 21.60% of those age 65 or over

==Communities==

=== Cities ===
* [[Carrollton, Kentucky|Carrollton]] (county seat)
* [[Ghent, Kentucky|Ghent]]
* [[Prestonville, Kentucky|Prestonville]]
* [[Sanders, Kentucky|Sanders]]
* [[Worthville, Kentucky|Worthville]]

=== Unincorporated community ===
* [[English, Kentucky|English]]

==Law enforcement==
In 2023, Carroll County Sheriff's Office hired Myles Cosgrove, a police officer who [[Killing of Breonna Taylor|killed Breonna Taylor]] in 2020 and was subsequently fired by the [[Louisville Metro Police Department]]. The Sheriff's Office said it performed a background check on Cosgrove which he passed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Myles Cosgrove, officer who killed Breonna Taylor, hired by Carroll County Sheriff's Department |url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2023/04/22/breonna-taylor-carroll-county-sheriffs-departmet-hires-myles-cosgrove/70141981007/ |website=The Courier-Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Politics==
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{{PresRow|2020|Republican|2,954|1,116|66|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2016|Republican|2,588|1,106|161|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2012|Republican|1,999|1,629|52|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2008|Republican|2,032|1,716|87|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|2,175|1,688|34|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,818|1,601|80|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|1,170|1,689|378|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,046|2,119|581|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1988|Democratic|1,702|1,913|21|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,824|1,564|12|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1980|Democratic|1,076|2,127|125|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1976|Democratic|815|2,251|33|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1972|Democratic|1,228|1,308|38|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1968|Democratic|868|1,765|519|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|491|2,592|22|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1960|Democratic|1,135|2,225|0|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1956|Democratic|1,130|2,169|17|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1952|Democratic|1,019|2,605|8|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1948|Democratic|639|2,626|160|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|755|2,662|11|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|804|2,915|11|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1936|Democratic|794|2,718|35|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1932|Democratic|761|3,015|19|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1928|Democratic|1,649|1,863|3|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1924|Democratic|1,306|2,243|20|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1920|Democratic|906|3,209|26|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1916|Democratic|535|1,757|19|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1912|Democratic|317|1,573|211|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1908|Democratic|546|1,514|47|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1904|Democratic|546|1,548|56|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1900|Democratic|749|1,808|27|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1896|Democratic|685|1,778|56|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1892|Democratic|542|1,574|76|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1888|Democratic|623|1,632|73|Kentucky}}
{{PresRow|1884|Democratic|434|1,349|66|Kentucky}}
{{PresFoot|1880|Democratic|372|1,460|0|Kentucky}}
Carroll County was strongly pro-[[Confederate government of Kentucky|Confederate]] during the Civil War: only 2.70 percent of its white population volunteered to serve in the Union Army, which constitutes the fourteenth-lowest of 109 counties extant as of the 1860 election, and was indeed lower than for the whole [[Tennessee in the American Civil War|of seceded Tennessee]].<ref>Copeland, James E.; ‘Where Were the Kentucky Unionists and Secessionists’; ''The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society'', volume 71, no. 4 (October 1973), pp. 344-363</ref> Consequently, Carroll County remained overwhelmingly Democratic for the next century and a quarter, being the only Kentucky county outside the heavily unionized coalfields to vote for [[George McGovern]] in 1972. The first Republican to carry Carroll County was [[Ronald Reagan]] in 1984, and the growing social liberalism of the Democratic Party has meant the county has voted increasingly Republican since the turn of the century,<ref>Cohn, Nate; [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/upshot/southern-whites-loyalty-to-gop-nearing-that-of-blacks-to-democrats.html ‘Demographic Shift: Southern Whites’ Loyalty to G.O.P. Nearing That of Blacks to Democrats’], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 24, 2014</ref> although [[Hillary Clinton]]'s 28.69 percent – even if over fifteen percent worse than any previous Democrat – was still as good as she received in any rural white southern county.

In gubernatorial elections, Carroll remained solidly Democratic for a long time, with no Republican gubernatorial candidate ever carrying the county until [[2019 Kentucky gubernatorial election|2019]], when it voted for [[Matt Bevin]].

The county voted "No" on [[2022 Kentucky Amendment 2]], an anti-abortion ballot measure, by 54% to 46%, and backed [[Donald Trump]] with 71% of the vote to [[Joe Biden]]'s 27% in the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |title=November 8, 2022 - Official 2022 General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2022%20General%20Election%20results.pdf |publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky State Board of Elections |access-date=December 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224001202/https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2022%20General%20Election%20results.pdf |archive-date=December 24, 2022}}</ref>

===Elected officials===
{| class=wikitable
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Elected officials as of January 3, 2025'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/smembers_county.html |title=Senate Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/hmembers_county.html |title=House Members - County |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=apps.legislature.ky.gov |publisher=[[Kentucky General Assembly]] |access-date=January 3, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>
|- 
! scope=row|[[U.S. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Thomas Massie]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|{{ushr|KY|4|B}}
|- 
! scope=row|[[Kentucky Senate|Ky. Senate]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Gex Williams]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Kentucky's 20th Senate district|20]]
|- 
! scope=row|[[Kentucky House of Representatives|Ky. House]]
| {{party shading/Republican}}|[[Felicia Rabourn]] (R)
| {{party shading/Republican}}|47
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|United States}}
* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Carroll County, Kentucky]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050909022011/http://carrollcountyky.com/index.html Carroll County Chamber of Commerce website]
* [http://www.carrollcountygov.us/ Carroll County Government Site]

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