Editing Wickliffe, Kentucky

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|official_name            = Wickliffe, Kentucky
|settlement_type          = [[List of cities in Kentucky|City]]
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|motto                    = "A little piece of heaven on the river's edge"

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|population_total         = 670
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'''Wickliffe''' is a [[List of cities in Kentucky|home rule-class city]] and the [[county seat]] of [[Ballard County, Kentucky|Ballard 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> [[Kentucky]], United States. The population was 670 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov|title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wickliffe city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=November 10, 2023}}</ref>

Wickliffe is part of the [[Paducah metropolitan area|Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

== History ==
[[File:CityParkCrossWickliffeKY.jpg|thumb|left|Cross at the Confluence City Park]]
The city of Wickliffe is the site of a [[Mississippian culture]] village now known only as [[Wickliffe Mounds]]. The village was occupied from around 1100-1300 AD. Today, Wickliffe Mounds is a state historic site and home to a research center and museum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://parks.ky.gov/wickliffe/parks/historic/wickliffe-mounds-state-historic-site|title=Wickliffe Mounds State Historical Site - KY Parks|accessdate=12 November 2022}}</ref>

In 1780 during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]], General [[George Rogers Clark]] established Fort Jefferson on a hill overlooking the Mississippi River one mile south of present-day Wickliffe. The fort was intended to protect what was then the western boundary of the infant United States from raids by the [[British Army]] and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]]. It was abandoned in 1781 after a siege by the [[Chickasaw]].

The site later served as a [[Union Army]] post during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] directed a demonstration against the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]]-held position at [[Columbus, Kentucky]], in January 1862. Troops from the post joined in capturing [[Battle of Fort Henry|Fort Henry]] in February 1862. It served as a Union supply post for operations in the western theater of the war.

A {{convert|90|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} cross, the Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross at the Confluence, was completed in 2000 on Fort Jefferson hill.

==Geography==
Wickliffe is located at {{coord|36.966600|-89.086822|region:US-KY_type:city}}<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 east bank of the [[Mississippi River]], about two miles south of its confluence with the [[Ohio River]], near its easternmost point.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.0|km2|disp=flip}}, of which {{convert|0.02|sqkm|disp=flip|3}}, or 0.58%, is water.<ref name="Census 2010">{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2183064| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212174310/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/1600000US2183064| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wickliffe city, Kentucky| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| access-date=November 18, 2013}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 959
|1900= 995
|1910= 989
|1920= 969
|1930= 1108
|1940= 1039
|1950= 1019
|1960= 917
|1970= 1211
|1980= 1034
|1990= 851
|2000= 794
|2010= 688
|2020= 670
|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 794 people, 327 households, and 216 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|578.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 384 housing units at an average density of {{convert|279.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.33% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.76% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.13% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.88% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.25% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], and 2.64% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.26% of the population.

There were 327 households, out of which 25.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.74.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 19.0% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 107.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,750, and the median income for a family was $35,417. Males had a median income of $30,556 versus $16,477 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,273. About 10.1% of families and 16.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 16.4% of those under age 18 and 25.5% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==
Wickliffe has a [[public library]], the Ballard-Carlisle 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==
*[[Kenny Rollins]], basketball player, member of the [[University of Kentucky]]'s "Fab Five" who won the 1948 NCAA Championship, the 1948 Gold Medal Winning U.S. Olympic Team, and the NBA's [[Chicago Stags]] and [[Boston Celtics]].

==References==
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* [[Kentucky Historical Society]] roadside historical marker 1309, "Fort Jefferson site," U.S. Highway  51 and 60
* Kentucky Historical Society roadside historical marker 757, "Union Supply Base," U.S. Highway 51 and 60

==External links==
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* [https://wickliffe.ky.gov City of Wickliffe official website]
* [http://parks.ky.gov/parks/historicsites/wickliffe-mounds/default.aspx Wickliffe Mounds State Park]

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[[Category:Cities in Ballard County, Kentucky]]
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[[Category:Kentucky populated places on the Mississippi River]]
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[[Category:Paducah micropolitan area]]