Editing Manchester, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Manchester, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[list of Ky cities|City]]
| named_for          = the [[Manchester, England|English industrial town]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = The City of Hope

<!-- Images -->| image_skyline      = Clay County Kentucky Courthouse.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Clay County Courthouse in Manchester, Kentucky
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps -->
| image_map          = File:Clay County Kentucky Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Manchester Highlighted 2149656.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Manchester in Clay County, Kentucky.
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| mapsize1           = 
| 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  = [[Clay County, Kentucky|Clay]]
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Mayor-council government|Mayor-Council]]
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Steve Collins
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = February 6, 1844

<!-- 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     = 7.65
| area_land_km2      = 7.58
| area_water_km2     = 0.07
| area_total_sq_mi   = 2.96
| area_land_sq_mi    = 2.93
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.03

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1512
| population_density_km2 = 199.44
| population_density_sq_mi = 516.57

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
| utc_offset         = -5
| timezone_DST       = EDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -4
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 265
| elevation_ft       = 869
| coordinates        = {{coord|37|9|10|N|83|45|48|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 40962
| area_code          = [[Area code 606|606]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-49656
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0513768
| website            = {{URL|https://cityofmanchesterky.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     = 1459
}}
'''Manchester''' 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]]|access-date=December 30, 2014}}</ref> in [[Clay County, Kentucky|Clay County]], [[Kentucky]], in the United States. Manchester is part of the Corbin KY Micropolitan statistical area, as is the entirety of Clay County, and is the [[county seat|seat]] of its county<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> and the home of a [[Federal Correctional Institution, Manchester|minimum- and medium-security federal prison]]. The city's population was 1,255 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].

==History==
The town was founded to be the seat of the newly formed [[Clay County, Kentucky|Clay County]] in 1807 on a {{convert|10|acre|adj=on|sp=us}} parcel near the Lower Goose Creek Salt Works. The county court stipulated that the town be named '''Greenville''' in honor of the [[War of 1812]] [[Green Clay|general]] who gave the county its name.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA186 p. 186]. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 August 2013.</ref> The [[Greenville, Kentucky|Greenville]] in [[Muhlenberg County]] had already preempted that name, however, and it was changed to "Manchester" in December. There was a local legend in the town that this was in honor of the hometown of [[general (U.S.)|Gen]]. [[Theophilus Toulmin Garrard|Garrard]]'s second wife Lucy Lees, but a prominent local family, the Hollingsworth, were originally from Manchester, England.  Rennick points out that Lees was born well after the naming of the city. He opines that it is more likely that the local businessmen simply wanted a name evocative of the [[Manchester, England|English industrial success]].<ref name=ren/>

==Geography==
Manchester is located at {{coord|37|9|10|N|83|45|48|W|type:city}} (37.152818, -83.763403).<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}}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.5|sqmi|km2}}, all land.

==Demographics==

{{US Census population
| 1880 = 97
| 1900 = 398
| 1910 = 626
| 1940 = 1509
| 1950 = 1706
| 1960 = 1868
| 1970 = 1664
| 1980 = 1838
| 1990 = 1634
| 2000 = 1738
| 2010 = 1255
| 2020 = 1512
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 1459
| 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|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</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}}</ref> of 2010, there were 1,255 people, 579 households, and 332 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|836.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 655 housing units at an average density of {{convert|436.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.5% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 6.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.2% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.1% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1% of the population.

There were 579 households, out of which 23.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 19% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.7% were non-families. 37.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.84.

==Education==
Manchester has a lending library, the Clay 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>

==Media==
Manchester is the [[city of license]] cited by four [[radio stations]]:
* [[WWXL]]
* [[WKLB (AM)|WKLB]]
* [[WTBK]]
* [[WWLT]]

==Notable people==
* [[Bert T. Combs]] – Former jurist and 50th Governor of Kentucky.
* [[Theophilus T. Garrard]] – A politician and Union general in the American Civil War. 
* [[Richie Farmer]] – Former [[Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball|University of Kentucky]] shooting guard and Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture.

==References==
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===Further reading===
*{{cite news |last=Estep |first=Bill |date=November 30, 2013 |title=50 Years of Night: A drug-addled city hits bottom, strives to get clean |url=http://www.kentucky.com/2013/11/30/2960273/50-years-of-night-a-drug-addled.html |newspaper= [[Lexington Herald-Leader]]|location= [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]]|publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]] }}

==External links==
* [http://www.claycountykentucky.org/ claycountykentucky.org]
* [http://www.themanchesterenterprise.com/ ''The Manchester Enterprise'']
* [http://claylive.com Manchester News and Photos at Claylive.com]
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