Editing Elsmere, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Elsmere, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[list of Kentucky cities|City]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images -->
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| image_map          = File:Kenton County Kentucky Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Elsmere Highlighted 2124778.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Elsmere in Kenton County, Kentucky
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| 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  = [[Kenton County, Kentucky|Kenton]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Mayor-council government|Mayor-Council]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Marty Lenhof
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = May 11, 1896

<!-- 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     = 6.85
| area_land_km2      = 6.81
| area_water_km2     = 0.04
| area_total_sq_mi   = 2.65
| area_land_sq_mi    = 2.63
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.02

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 9159
| population_density_km2 = 1345.83
| population_density_sq_mi = 3485.16

<!-- General information -->| 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       = 833
| coordinates        = {{coord|38|59|42|N|84|36|06|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 41018
| area_code          = [[Area code 859|859]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-24778
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2403562<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2403562}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|www.cityofelsmere.com}}
| 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     = 9148
}}
'''Elsmere''' 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 |accessdate=December 30, 2014}}</ref> in [[Kenton County, Kentucky|Kenton County]], [[Kentucky]], in the United States. The population was 9,159 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].

==Geography==
Elsmere is located in western Kenton County and is bordered to the north and east by [[Erlanger, Kentucky|Erlanger]], to the south by [[Independence, Kentucky|Independence]], and to the west by [[Florence, Kentucky|Florence]] in [[Boone County, Kentucky|Boone County]]. The [[Dixie Highway]] (U.S. Routes [[U.S. Route 25|25]], [[U.S. Route 42|42]], and [[U.S. Route 127|127]]) forms the northern border of the city and leads northeast {{convert|7|mi|0}} to [[Covington, Kentucky|Covington]] and southwest {{convert|1.5|mi}} to the center of Florence.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Elsmere has a total area of {{convert|6.9|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.05|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.73%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2124778| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Elsmere city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=March 4, 2019}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==History==
The community was first settled in 1885 as "South Erlanger". Elsmere has historically been a largely African-American city, and originally had an African-American school house Known as the Dunbar School on Spring Street.  Elsmere also had an African-American baseball team.  There is also a park on Capitol Avenue named after Rosella Porterfield, who taught at the Historic Dunbar School. Elsmere organized as a city in 1896, renamed after Elsmere Avenue in [[Norwood, Ohio]], the hometown of one of its founders.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dAHAJtGeluYC&dq=%22erlanger+kentucky%22&pg=PA7 | title=Elsmere and Erlanger | publisher=Arcadia Publishing | date=January 20, 2010 | accessdate=2013-04-22 | author=Elsmere and Erlanger Historical Societies | pages=6| isbn=9780738566634 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&dq=cannon+ky&pg=PA93 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | accessdate=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=93| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref>

==Government==
In 1998, Billy Bradford was elected mayor of Elsmere, the first [[African-American]] mayor elected in northern Kentucky. He served 12 years (three terms), and now serves as a member of the city council. The current mayor is Marty Lenhof.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NKAA/subject.php?sub_id=119 |title=Notable Kentucky African Americans - Mayors |website=www.uky.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124092324/http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/NKAA/subject.php?sub_id=119 |archive-date=2007-11-24}}</ref>

==Economy==
[[Regal Beloit]] (formerly [[Emerson Electric|Emerson Power Transmission]]<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2015/02/02/regal-beloit-closes-on-purchase-of-emerson-s-power.html Regal Beloit closes on purchase of Emerson's power transmission unit]</ref>) and [[L'Oréal]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lorealusa.com/who-we-are/awards-recognitions/loreal-usas-florence-manufacturing-facility-honored-with-governors-safety-and-health-award.aspx |title=L'Oréal USA's Florence Manufacturing Facility Honored with Governor's Safety and Health Award |access-date=2016-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131122823/http://www.lorealusa.com/who-we-are/awards-recognitions/loreal-usas-florence-manufacturing-facility-honored-with-governors-safety-and-health-award.aspx |archive-date=2016-01-31 |url-status=dead }}</ref> have facilities in an unincorporated pocket of Kenton County surrounded by Elsmere. Portions of Elsmere have a [[Florence, Kentucky|Florence]] mailing address.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://bestofnky.com/NKY/Articles/2015_NKY_200_4373.aspx |title=2015 NKY 200 |access-date=January 31, 2016 |archive-date=June 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623161559/http://bestofnky.com/NKY/Articles/2015_NKY_200_4373.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Yamazaki Mazak Corporation|Mazak]]'s North American headquarters are in Elsmere.<ref>[http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/northern-ky/2015/02/26/mazak-jobs-expansion-florence-boone-county-northern-kentucky/24076715/ Mazak expands, renovates in Elsmere]</ref>

==Education==

Portions of the cities of Elsmere and adjacent [[Erlanger, Kentucky|Erlanger]] share a public school system: [[Erlanger/Elsmere Independent School District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/lrc/publications/ResearchReports/RR415.pdf |title=Appendix B: Maps Of Independent School Districts In Operation In FY 2014-FY 2015 Using 2005 Tax District Boundaries – Erlanger-Elsmere ISD |work=Research Report No. 415 – Kentucky's Independent School Districts: A Primer |publisher=Office of Education Accountability, Legislative Research Commission |location=Frankfort, KY |page=107 (PDF p. 121/174)|date=September 15, 2015 }}</ref>

The following schools are shared by the areas of the two cities within the Erlanger/Elsmere school district:<ref>[http://www.erlanger.k12.ky.us/schools.html Erlanger-Elsmere Public Schools] Retrieved on 2010-05-05</ref>

;Primary schools
*Arnett Elementary School
*Howell Elementary School
*Lindeman Elementary School
*Miles Elementary School
*Tichenor Middle School

;Secondary schools
*[[Lloyd Memorial High School]]

A portion of Elsmere is in the [[Kenton County School District]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21117_kenton/DC20SD_C21117.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Kenton County, KY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-07-25}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st21_ky/schooldistrict_maps/c21117_kenton/DC20SD_C21117_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1900 = 519
| 1910 = 900
| 1920 = 919
| 1930 = 2917
| 1940 = 2885
| 1950 = 3483
| 1960 = 4607
| 1970 = 5161
| 1980 = 7203
| 1990 = 6847
| 2000 = 8139
| 2010 = 8451
| 2020 = 9159
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 9148
| 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|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

According to the 2010 U.S. census, there were 8,451 people, 2,992 households, and 2,131 families residing in the city. The racial makeup was 61.0% [[White Americans|white]], 22.2% [[African Americans|black]], 0.4% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian American]], 0.2% [[Native Hawaiian]] or other [[Pacific Islander]], 4.2% some other race, and 3.4% two or more races. 8.2% of the population were [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] of any race.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US2124778| title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (DP-1): Elsmere city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=March 4, 2019| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213121312/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/SF1DP1/1600000US2124778| archive-date=February 13, 2020| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cityofelsmere.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.nkyviews.com/kenton/kenton.htm Historical Texts and Images of Elsmere, Kentucky]

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[[Category:Cities in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Cities in Kenton County, Kentucky]]