Editing Hindman, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Hindman, Kentucky
|settlement_type          = [[list of Kentucky cities|City]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = 
|named_for                = [[Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky|Lt. Gov.]] [[James Hindman]]

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|image_caption            = Main Street
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|map_caption              = Location in Knott County, Kentucky
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Kentucky]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Kentucky|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Knott County, Kentucky|Knott]]
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = [[Mayor-council government|Mayor-Council]]
|leader_title             = Mayor
|leader_name              = Patricia Hall
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|established_title        = Incorporated
|established_date         = March 23, 1886

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 701
|population_density_km2   = 87.01
|population_density_sq_mi = 225.33

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|elevation_m              = 340
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|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 41822
|area_code                = [[Area code 606|606]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 21-37108
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 494291<ref>{{cite gnis|494291|Hindman|December 17, 2023}}</ref>
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'''Hindman''' ({{IPAc-en|local|ˈ|h|aɪ|n|d|m|ə|n}})<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA141 p. 141] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217115358/https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA141 |date=2017-02-17 }}. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 30 July 2013.</ref> is a [[List of cities in Kentucky|home rule-class]] [[town]] in, and the [[county seat]] of, [[Knott County, Kentucky]], in the United States. The population was 701 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 U.S. Census]].

==Geography==
Hindman is located just west of the center of Knott County at {{coord|37|20|14|N|82|58|52|W|type:city}} (37.337174, -82.981147).<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|archive-date=2019-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190824085937/https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It sits in the valley of [[Troublesome Creek (North Fork Kentucky River)|Troublesome Creek]], at the junction of its Left Fork and Right Fork. Kentucky Routes [[Kentucky Route 160|160]] and [[Kentucky Route 550|550]] pass through the center of town, and [[Kentucky Route 80]], a four-lane highway, passes just north of the city limits. KY 80 leads northeast {{convert|29|mi}} to [[Prestonsburg, Kentucky|Prestonsburg]] and southwest {{convert|16|mi}} to the outskirts of [[Hazard, Kentucky|Hazard]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Hindman has a total area of {{convert|8.1|km2|order=flip}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web |title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Hindman city, Kentucky |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2137108 |access-date=March 6, 2019 |work=American Factfinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Via Troublesome Creek, the city is within the watershed of the [[Kentucky River]].

==History==
[[File:Carriers_in_Hindman,_KY.gif|alt=Book carriers from the Pack Horse Library Project.|thumb|Book carriers from the [[Pack Horse Library Project]].]]
{{further|The Forks of Troublesome#Early settlers}}
Before Hindman was established, the area was known as [[The Forks of Troublesome]].<ref name="Scolf2000">{{cite book|title=Kentucky's Last Frontier|author1-first=Henry Preston|author1-last=Scalf|publisher=The Overmountain Press|year=2000|isbn=9781570721656|chapter=The Rising Tide|pages=146,151&ndash;153}}</ref>

The land for the town was provided by local landowner and postmaster Peyton Duke,<ref name="kenky">''The Kentucky Encyclopedia'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&pg=PA433 pp. 433] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217105917/https://books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&pg=PA433 |date=2017-02-17 }}. "Hindman". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1992. Accessed 30 July 2013.</ref> but Hindman was named in honor of [[James Hindman]], who was the [[Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky|lieutenant governor]] when the town was founded in 1884 to serve as the seat of government for the newly formed [[Knott County, Kentucky|Knott County]].<ref name="ren" />

Early town politics included conflicts between the early settlers of The Forks, with fights between factions led by Anderson Hays and Clabe Jones in which several people were killed, including one where Clabe and supporters were barricaded in the Hindman jail and Hays and supporters were across the street in a log house.<ref name="Scolf2000"/>

Education in early Hindman was initially provided by George Clark from Greenup County, with the [[Hindman Settlement School]] founded in 1902, thanks to money raised by early settler Solomon Everidge (who was 80 years old at the time), and education provided by the WCTU.<ref name="Scolf2000"/>
Everidge gifted {{convert|2|acre|ha}} of his own land, which was combined with Clarke's existing schoolhouse and the purchase of another {{convert|1|acre|ha}}.<ref name="Scolf2000"/>
In the first year of the Settlement School it had 162 pupils.<ref name="Scolf2000"/>

The schoolhouse burned down 3 times in the school's first decade, once in November 1905, again in November 1906, and the third time in 1910.<ref name="Scolf2000"/>
After the third fire, the teachers left for Lexington, but were persuaded to return, with the school reconstructed in August 1912.<ref name="Scolf2000"/>

Hindman was served by a [[Pack Horse Library Project|pack horse library]], which opened in 1935.<ref name=":11">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13531880/|title=Pictorial News Section|date=27 January 1935|work=The Courier-Journal|access-date=3 September 2017|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=5 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705161659/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13531880/the-courier-journal/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2022 flood===

{{Main|2022 Appalachian floods}}

On July 28, 2022, historic flooding impacted [[Eastern Kentucky]] with Hindman being one of the hardest hit communities. Of the more than 40 people who died from the floods; 22 were in [[Knott County, Kentucky|Knott County]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wymt.com/2023/07/28/healing-hindman-city-unveils-flood-victim-memorial-one-year-anniversary/ |title= Healing Hindman: City unveils flood victim memorial for one-year anniversary |last=|first=|date=2023-07-28|website=wymt.com |publisher=WYMT Mountain News|access-date= 2024-06-22 |quote=}}</ref> Search and rescue operations continued for days.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wymt.com/2022/08/03/steam-bath-weather-adds-misery-after-appalachian-flooding-2/ |title= Long days grind on search teams in flood-ravaged Appalachia |last=|first=|date=2022-08-03|website=wymt.com |publisher=Associated Press|access-date= 2024-06-22 |quote=}}</ref>

The city of Hindman was particularly hard hit. The mayor at the time, Tracy Neice, was quoted as saying that the flooding was the worst he had ever seen.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wymt.com/2022/07/28/one-dead-many-still-missing-knott-county-following-overnight-flooding/ |title= Extensive damage throughout the city of Hindman following flooding |last=|first=|date=2022-07-28|website=wymt.com |publisher=WYMT Mountain News|access-date= 2024-06-22 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.wkyt.com/video/2022/08/01/drone-video-flooding-aftermath-hindman-ky/ |title= Drone video of flooding aftermath in Hindman, Ky.|last=|first=|date=2022-08-01|website=wkyt.com |publisher=WKYT News|access-date= 2024-06-22 |quote=}}</ref>

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1900= 331
|1910= 370
|1920= 467
|1930= 508
|1940= 625
|1950= 521
|1960= 793
|1970= 808
|1980= 876
|1990= 798
|2000= 787
|2010= 777
|2020= 701
|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|archive-date=March 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321050514/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|url-status=live}}</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|archive-date=2021-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/|url-status=live}}</ref> of 2000, there were 787 people, 356 households, and 220 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|232.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 415 housing units at an average density of {{convert|122.6|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.59% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.38% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.38% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.65% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.27% of the population.

There were 356 households, out of which 31.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 18.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.2% were non-families. 36.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.19 and the average family size was 2.87.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.3% under the age of 18, 10.7% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 83.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $14,511, and the median income for a family was $21,806. Males had a median income of $31,477 versus $21,979 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $11,637. About 32.0% of families and 38.9% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 49.7% of those under age 18 and 22.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Arts and culture==
Gingerbread Festival is an annual three-day festival in early September to celebrate community and Appalachian culture.

In [[Paintsville, Kentucky|Paintsville]] native [[Tyler Childers]]' song, "Hard Times," he makes reference to the town of Hindman in regards to work he's gotten word is available.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==Education==
Hindman has a [[public library|lending library]], the Knott 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=5 June 2019}}</ref>

==Notable people==

* [[David Tolliver]], musician; member of country band [[Halfway to Hazard]]
* {{annotated link|Carl D. Perkins}}
* {{annotated link|The McLain Family Band}}<ref name="Berea College: MFB Records Guide">{{cite web |url=http://community.berea.edu/hutchinslibrary/specialcollections/saa86.asp |title=Guide to The McLain Family Band Records |publisher=[[Berea College]] |language=en |access-date=2019-11-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810115641/http://community.berea.edu/hutchinslibrary/specialcollections/saa86.asp |archive-date=2016-08-10}}</ref>
* [[Brit Taylor]], musician
* [[Cherlynn Stevenson]], member of the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]] from 2019 to 2025. 

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[[Category:Cities in Kentucky]]
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[[Category:1884 establishments in Kentucky]]