Editing Stearns, Kentucky

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Stearns, Kentucky
|settlement_type          = [[Census-designated place]]
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|image_skyline            = Stearns Lumber Company Stores.jpg
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|image_caption            = Stearns in 2010
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|map_caption              = Location in 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        = [[McCreary County, Kentucky|McCreary]]
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|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022">{{cite web |title=2022 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Kentucky |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2022_Gazetteer/2022_gaz_place_21.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=May 10, 2023}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 10.50
|area_land_km2            = 10.41
|area_water_km2           = 0.09
|area_total_sq_mi         = 4.05
|area_land_sq_mi          = 4.02
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.03

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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=&g=1600000US2173362&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P1| title=P1. Race – Stearns CDP, Kentucky: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=May 10, 2023}}</ref>
|population_total         = 1365
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|population_density_km2   = 131.11
|population_density_sq_mi = 339.55

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|timezone                 = [[North American Eastern Time Zone|Eastern (EST)]]
|utc_offset               = -5
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|utc_offset_DST           = -4
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 1319
|coordinates              = {{coord|36|41|45|N|84|28|37|W|region:US_type:city|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 42647
|area_code                = [[Area code 606|606]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 21-73362
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'''Stearns''' is an [[unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[McCreary County, Kentucky|McCreary County]], [[Kentucky]], United States. The population was 1,365 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020"/> It was founded by Justus Smith Stearns.

==Geography==
Stearns is located in south-central McCreary County. It is bordered to the north by [[Whitley City, Kentucky|Whitley City]], the [[county seat]], and to the south by [[Pine Knot, Kentucky|Pine Knot]]. The unincorporated community of [[Revelo, Kentucky|Revelo]] is partly within the Stearns CDP, along its southern border.

[[U.S. Route 27]] runs along the eastern edge of Stearns, leading north through Whitley City {{Convert|31|mi}} to [[Somerset, Kentucky|Somerset]] and south {{convert|16|mi}} to [[Oneida, Tennessee]]. [[Kentucky Route 92]] passes through the center of Stearns and leads west {{convert|29|mi}} to [[Monticello, Kentucky|Monticello]]. Eastbound KY 92 joins US 27 south to Pine Knot, then turns east to lead to [[Williamsburg, Kentucky|Williamsburg]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the Stearns CDP has a total area of {{convert|4.05|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|0.03|sqmi|2}}, or 0.84%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> The community is drained to the west by tributaries of Roaring Paunch Creek, which continues west to the South Fork of the [[Cumberland River]], while the east side of the community is drained by tributaries of Marsh Creek, which flows north to the main stem of the Cumberland River.

==Climate==
According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Stearns has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Stearns was {{convert|108|F|C|1}} on July 12, 1936, while the coldest temperature recorded was {{convert|-24|F|C|1}} on January 21, 1985.<ref name = NOWData />

{{Weather box
|location = Stearns, Kentucky, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1936–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 76
|Feb record high F = 79
|Mar record high F = 85
|Apr record high F = 93
|May record high F = 96
|Jun record high F = 101
|Jul record high F = 108
|Aug record high F = 101
|Sep record high F = 98
|Oct record high F = 95
|Nov record high F = 82
|Dec record high F = 77

|Jan avg record high F = 64.0
|Feb avg record high F = 67.1
|Mar avg record high F = 74.0
|Apr avg record high F = 81.0
|May avg record high F = 86.2
|Jun avg record high F = 89.3
|Jul avg record high F = 92.5
|Aug avg record high F = 90.8
|Sep avg record high F = 88.0
|Oct avg record high F = 81.6
|Nov avg record high F = 72.0
|Dec avg record high F = 63.5
|year avg record high F = 93.3

|Jan high F = 45.0
|Feb high F = 48.5
|Mar high F = 58.8
|Apr high F = 68.9
|May high F = 76.5
|Jun high F = 81.8
|Jul high F = 85.4
|Aug high F = 84.6
|Sep high F = 79.5
|Oct high F = 69.3
|Nov high F = 57.5
|Dec high F = 47.8
|year high F =

|Jan mean F = 34.5
|Feb mean F = 37.1
|Mar mean F = 45.7
|Apr mean F = 54.7
|May mean F = 63.6
|Jun mean F = 70.5
|Jul mean F = 74.4
|Aug mean F = 73.1
|Sep mean F = 67.0
|Oct mean F = 55.4
|Nov mean F = 44.8
|Dec mean F = 37.6
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 23.9
|Feb low F = 25.6
|Mar low F = 32.6
|Apr low F = 40.6
|May low F = 50.6
|Jun low F = 59.3
|Jul low F = 63.3
|Aug low F = 61.6
|Sep low F = 54.4
|Oct low F = 41.5
|Nov low F = 32.1
|Dec low F = 27.4
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 7.5
|Feb avg record low F = 11.2
|Mar avg record low F = 18.4
|Apr avg record low F = 28.5
|May avg record low F = 37.5
|Jun avg record low F = 48.4
|Jul avg record low F = 54.4
|Aug avg record low F = 53.9
|Sep avg record low F = 42.8
|Oct avg record low F = 28.8
|Nov avg record low F = 21.6
|Dec avg record low F = 13.5
|year avg record low F = 3.2

|Jan record low F = -24
|Feb record low F = -17
|Mar record low F = -3
|Apr record low F = 15
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 36
|Jul record low F = 40
|Aug record low F = 40
|Sep record low F = 29
|Oct record low F = 17
|Nov record low F = 9
|Dec record low F = -18

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 4.78
|Feb precipitation inch = 4.46
|Mar precipitation inch = 5.17
|Apr precipitation inch = 4.69
|May precipitation inch = 5.51
|Jun precipitation inch = 5.25
|Jul precipitation inch = 6.12
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.67
|Sep precipitation inch = 3.65
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.27
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.76
|Dec precipitation inch = 5.75
|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 11.0
|Feb precipitation days = 11.0
|Mar precipitation days = 10.5
|Apr precipitation days = 10.3
|May precipitation days = 11.0
|Jun precipitation days = 9.4
|Jul precipitation days = 11.1
|Aug precipitation days = 7.8
|Sep precipitation days = 7.8
|Oct precipitation days = 7.6
|Nov precipitation days = 8.0
|Dec precipitation days = 10.6

|Jan snow inch = 3.4
|Feb snow inch = 2.7
|Mar snow inch = 0.7
|Apr snow inch = 0.3
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.1
|Dec snow inch = 2.0
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 1.7
|Feb snow days = 1.4
|Mar snow days = 0.4
|Apr snow days = 0.2
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.1
|Dec snow days = 0.7

|source 1 = NOAA (snow/snow days 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00157677&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Stearns 2S, KY
|access-date = February 28, 2023
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly&stations=USC00157677&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Stearns 2 S, KY
|access-date = February 28, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=jkl
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Jackson
|access-date = February 28, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1980= 1557
|1990= 1550
|2000= 1586
|2010= 1416
|2020= 1365
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}
At the 2000 [[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> there were 1,586 people, 641 households and 464 families residing in the CDP. The population density was {{convert|396.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 707 housing units at an average density of {{convert|176.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.36% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.95% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.06% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.63% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.38% of the population.

There were 641 households, of which 30.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.6% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.92.

Age distribution was 24.0% under the age of 18, 8.6% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 27.3% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.

The [[median household income]] was $20,833, and the median family income was $26,667. Males had a median income of $21,546 versus $18,750 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the CDP was $11,037. About 14.1% of families and 22.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 24.9% of those under age 18 and 30.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Stearns is home to [[McCreary Central High School]] and McCreary Middle School.

==Climate==
The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Stearns has a [[humid subtropical climate]], abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=776751&cityname=Stearns,+Kentucky,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Stearns, Kentucky Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Barthell, Kentucky]]: Stearns Coal and Lumber Company town in McCreary County, Kentucky
* [[Blue Heron, Kentucky]]: Stearns Coal and Lumber Company town in McCreary County, Kentucky
* [[McCreary County Museum]]: former headquarters of Stearns Coal and Lumber Company

==References==
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{{McCreary County, Kentucky}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in McCreary County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Mining communities in Kentucky]]
[[Category:Company towns in Kentucky]]