Editing Munfordville, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Munfordville, Kentucky
| settlement_type    = [[list of cities in Kentucky|City]]
| named_for          = a local landowner
| nickname           = 
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| image_skyline      = Hart County Courthouse Kentucky.jpg
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| image_caption      = Hart County Courthouse in Munfordville
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| image_map          = File:Hart County Kentucky Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Munfordville Highlighted 2154570.svg
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| map_caption        = Location of Munfordville in Hart 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  = [[Hart County, Kentucky|Hart]]
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| leader_title       = 
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| established_title  = Incorporated
| established_date   = 1880

<!-- 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     = 5.82
| area_land_km2      = 5.80
| area_water_km2     = 0.02
| area_total_sq_mi   = 2.25
| area_land_sq_mi    = 2.24
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.01

<!-- Population -->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 1686
| population_density_km2 = 290.59
| population_density_sq_mi = 752.68

<!-- General information -->| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| elevation_footnotes = 
| elevation_m        = 187
| elevation_ft       = 614
| coordinates        = {{coord|37|16|36|N|85|53|52|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 42765
| area_code          = [[Area codes 270 and 364|270 & 364]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 21-54570
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 0499104
| website            = {{URL|cityofmunfordville.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     = 1701
}}
'''Munfordville''' 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, and the county seat of, [[Hart County, Kentucky|Hart County]], [[Kentucky]], United States.<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> The population was 1,615 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 U.S. census]].<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2154570| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Munfordville city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| work=American Factfinder| access-date=June 30, 2017}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==History==
The settlement was once known as "Big Buffalo Crossing". The current name came from Richard Jones Munford, who donated the land to establish the new county seat in 1816. Munfordville was incorporated in 1858.<ref>{{cite book |last=Collins |first=Lewis |title=History of Kentucky |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA332 |year=1877 |page=332}}</ref>

In 1862, the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] [[Battle of Munfordville]] took place in the town.

==Geography==
Munfordville is located in central Hart County at {{coord|37|16|36|N|85|53|52|W|type:city}} (37.276608, -85.897822),<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> on the north side of the [[Green River (Kentucky)|Green River]]. [[U.S. Route 31W]] is Munfordville's Main Street, while [[Interstate 65]] passes just northwest of town, with access from Exit 65. I-65 leads north {{convert|32|mi}} to [[Elizabethtown, Kentucky|Elizabethtown]] and southwest {{convert|40|mi}} to [[Bowling Green, Kentucky|Bowling Green]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Munfordville has a total area of {{convert|5.8|km2|order=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqkm|order=flip|2}}, or 0.47%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
| 1830 = 194
| 1840 = 274
| 1860 = 265
| 1870 = 249
| 1880 = 274
| 1900 = 440
| 1910 = 475
| 1920 = 583
| 1930 = 549
| 1940 = 832
| 1950 = 894
| 1960 = 1157
| 1970 = 1233
| 1980 = 1783
| 1990 = 1556
| 2000 = 1563
| 2010 = 1615
| 2020 = 1686
| estyear = 2022
| estimate = 1701
| 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 2000, there were 1,563 people, 698 households, and 418 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|619.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 776 housing units at an average density of {{convert|307.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 87.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 11.45% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.13% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.96% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.09% of the population.

There were 698 households, out of which 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 36.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.18 and the average family size was 2.82.

The age distribution was 20.7% under the age of 18, 8.8% from 18 to 24, 23.7% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $18,015, and the median income for a family was $26,333. Males had a median income of $25,417 versus $20,417 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $11,447. About 23.7% of families and 26.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 33.9% of those under age 18 and 25.8% of those age 65 or over.

In 2010, Munfordville had the [[List of the poorest places in the United States|20th-lowest median household income]] of all places in the United States with a population over 1,000.<ref>{{cite web|title=US Census|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212210359/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_12_5YR_DP03&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 February 2020|access-date=18 January 2014}}</ref>

=== Amish settlement ===
The [[Amish]] settlement near Munfordville was founded in 1989. It has ties to the [[Geauga County, Ohio|Geauga]] Amish settlement in Ohio, from where many of the Munfordville Amish came. It is the fastest-growing Amish settlement in America and had 14 church districts and a total population of about 1,800 as of 2013.<ref>Joseph F. Donnermeyer and David Luthy: ''Amish Settlements across America: 2013'', page 114.</ref><ref>[http://amishamerica.com/amish-kentucky/#munfordville "Munfordville"] at amishamerica.com.</ref>

==Education==
Munfordville has a [[public library|lending library]], the Hart 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==
Several government officials were born in Munfordville. [[Thomas John Wood]], a US Army major general, and [[Simon Bolivar Buckner|Simon B. Buckner Sr]], a Confederate lieutenant general, knew each other as boys but then fought on opposing sides during the American Civil War. Buckner became governor of Kentucky (1887–1891) and ran unsuccessfully for vice president of the United States (1896). His son, [[Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.]], was also born in Munfordville and served as a lieutenant general during World War II. [[Thelma Loyace Hawkins Stovall]] was a pioneering female Southern politician who won several statewide elective offices in Kentucky.

Poet, [[Davis McCombs]], grew up in Munfordville.

==See also==
*[[Johnson Springs]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://cityofmunfordville.com/ City of Munfordville official website]
* [http://www.smalltownpapers.com/listHCN.htm Hart County ''News-Herald''], local newspaper

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