Editing Carrsville, Kentucky

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'''Carrsville''' is a [[List of cities in Kentucky|home rule-class city]] beside the [[Ohio River]] in [[Livingston County, Kentucky|Livingston County]], [[Kentucky]], in the United States. The population was 50 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]],<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?g=1600000US2113060&tid=DECENNIALSF12010.P1| title=Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), Carrsville city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| website=data.census.gov| accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref> declining from 64 as of 2000. It is part of the [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]], KY-[[Illinois|IL]] [[Paducah metropolitan area|Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. It is situated just west of the junction of where Buck Creek empties into the Ohio River.

==Geography==
Carrsville is located in northern Livingston County at {{coord|37|23|53|N|88|22|30|W|type:city}} (37.398063, -88.375113).<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> To the north, across the Ohio River, is [[Hardin County, Illinois]]. The nearest river crossing is the [[Cave-In-Rock Ferry]] {{convert|13|mi}} upstream (east). The nearest bridges over the Ohio are the [[Shawneetown Bridge]] {{convert|36|mi}} upriver at [[Old Shawneetown, Illinois]], and the [[Brookport Bridge]] {{convert|43|mi}} downriver at [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]].

[[Kentucky Route 135]] passes through Carrsville, leading east {{convert|14|mi}} to [[Kentucky Route 91]] near the Cave-In-Rock Ferry, and south {{convert|12|mi}} to [[U.S. Route 60]] at [[Burna, Kentucky|Burna]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Carrsville has a total area of {{convert|0.17|km2|order=flip|2}}, all land.<ref name=Gazetteer>{{cite web| url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2019_Gazetteer/2019_gaz_place_21.txt| title=U.S. Gazetteer Files: 2019: Places: Kentucky| website=U.S. Census Bureau Geography Division| accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>

==Name==
Carrsville was named for Billy Karr, who laid out the town {{circa|lk=no|1840}}.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&dq=cannon+ky&pg=PA51 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | date=1987 | accessdate=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=51| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 178
|1890= 240
|1900= 278
|1910= 298
|1920= 323
|1930= 300
|1940= 243
|1950= 205
|1960= 166
|1970= 110
|1980= 99
|1990= 98
|2000= 64
|2010= 50
|2020= 48
|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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref> of 2000, there were 64 people, 35 households, and 17 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|367.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 51 housing units at an average density of {{convert|293.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.88% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], and 3.12% from two or more races.

There were 35 households, out of which 11.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 2.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.4% were non-families. 48.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.83 and the average family size was 2.53.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 14.1% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 29.7% from 45 to 64, and 25.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 146.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 129.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $21,500, and the median income for a family was $26,250. Males had a median income of $41,250 versus $13,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $15,289. There were 12.5% of families and 9.3% of the population living below the [[poverty line]], including no under eighteens and 31.3% of those over 64.

==See also==
* [[List of cities and towns along the Ohio River]]

==References==
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{{Livingston County, Kentucky}}

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[[Category:Cities in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Cities in Livingston County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Paducah micropolitan area]]
[[Category:Kentucky populated places on the Ohio River]]
[[Category:Populated places established in the 1840s]]