Editing Lewisport, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Lewisport, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[list of cities in Kentucky|City]]
| nickname           = 
| named_for          = a local landowner

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| image_caption      = Historic buildings in Lewisport
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| map_caption        = Location of Lewisport in Hancock County, Kentucky.
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| 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  = [[Hancock County, Kentucky|Hancock]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Chad Gregory
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = 1844
| established_title2 = Reïncorporated
| established_date2  = 1882

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| 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>
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| area_total_km2     = 2.51
| area_land_km2      = 2.47
| area_water_km2     = 0.04
| area_total_sq_mi   = 0.97
| area_land_sq_mi    = 0.95
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.01

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1767
| population_density_km2 = 716.19
| population_density_sq_mi = 1854.14

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| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 121
| elevation_ft       = 397
| coordinates        = {{coord|37|56|6|N|86|54|19|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 42351
| area_code          = [[Area codes 270 and 364|270 & 364]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-45136
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0496341
| website            = {{URL|www.lewisport.cityof.org}}
| 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     = 1754
}}

'''Lewisport''' 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 the floodplain of the [[Ohio River]] in [[Hancock County, Kentucky|Hancock County]], [[Kentucky]], in the United States. The population was 1,670 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], and is also the most populous community in the county.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2145136| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Lewisport city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| accessdate=June 26, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> It is included in the [[Owensboro metropolitan area]].

==History==
Lewisport was originally a [[ferry]] landing site known as "Little Yellow Banks", in allusion to [[Owensboro]]'s original name of "Yellow Banks". The first settler was James Prentis, who platted the current town in 1837 with his brother John. An attempt to rename the city "Prentisport" failed, though, when James insisted the town be named after his friend Dr. John Lewis instead. The town was chartered as "Lewisport" in 1839, and the post office was established under that name in 1844.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA171 p. 171]. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 August 2013.</ref> The city was formally incorporated by the [[Kentucky Assembly|state assembly]] the same year, but needed to be reincorporated in 1882.<ref name=sos>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Lewisport, Kentucky". Accessed 6 August 2013.</ref>

Logging and [[flatboat]] construction were the initial chief industries.<ref>City of Lewisport. "[http://www.lewisport.cityof.org City of Lewisport] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220093708/http://www.lewisport.cityof.org/ |date=2017-02-20 }}". Accessed 6 August 2013.</ref> The river has flooded the city repeatedly, and the importance of lumber construction and industry has sparked several major fires.<ref name=hcock>Handcock County. "[http://www.hancockky.us/History/lewisport.htm Lewisport]".</ref>

[[Abraham Lincoln]] won his first case &ndash; ''Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Abraham Lincoln'' &ndash; in Lewisport's Pate House, at the time the site of the local circuit court. He was tried in the east room of the log house before Squire Pate for operating a ferry across the Ohio River without a license, but the justice of the peace dismissed the case against him. The house is now a county landmark and is open for tours throughout the year.<ref>Hancock County. "[http://www.hancockky.us/History/historichomes.htm Historic Homes]".</ref>

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Bill Davison and Isaac Coulter captured and robbed the steamship ''Morning Star'' here on December 23, 1864, killing three [[Union Army|Union]] soldiers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hancockky.us/History/historicalmarkers.htm|title = Hancock County Kentucky Historical Markers}}</ref> The town's only bank was shuttered during the [[Great Depression]]. Upon its founding in 1938, the Lewisport School System comprised eight local one-room schools; today it is part of the Hancock County Consolidated School System.<ref name=hcock/>

==Geography==
Lewisport is located in northwestern Hancock County at {{coord|37|56|6|N|86|54|19|W|type:city}} (37.935023, -86.905270),<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> on the south bank of the [[Ohio River]]. The closest river crossings are {{convert|10|mi|0}} by road to the east, at [[Hawesville, Kentucky|Hawesville]], and the same distance to the west, at [[U.S. Route 231]] near [[Rockport, Indiana]]. [[U.S. Route 60]] passes east–west through the southern end of Lewisport. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.5|km2|order=flip|1}}, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1870 = 308
| 1880 = 362
| 1890 = 435
| 1900 = 328
| 1910 = 596
| 1920 = 572
| 1930 = 574
| 1940 = 591
| 1950 = 656
| 1960 = 610
| 1970 = 1595
| 1980 = 1832
| 1990 = 1778
| 2000 = 1639
| 2010 = 1670
| 2020 = 1767
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 1754
| 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>
}}
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 1,639 people, 648 households, and 452 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,540.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 748 housing units at an average density of {{convert|703.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.40% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.89% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.37% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.61% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.24% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.49% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.65% of the population.

There were 648 households, out of which 35.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families. 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.8% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $35,774, and the median income for a family was $42,321. Males had a median income of $39,318 versus $21,705 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,413. About 15.6% of families and 17.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 16.6% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Lewisport has a [[public library|lending library]], a branch of the Hancock 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 | accessdate=5 June 2019}}</ref> It was home to Lewisport Elementary School, later replaced by North Hancock Elementary School in 2006.

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

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170220093708/http://www.lewisport.cityof.org/ City of Lewisport official website]

{{Hancock County, Kentucky}}

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[[Category:Populated places established in 1839]]
[[Category:Cities in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Cities in Hancock County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Owensboro metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Kentucky populated places on the Ohio River]]