Evarts, Kentucky

Evarts is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The post office was opened on February 9, 1855, and named for one of the area's pioneer families.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1921.<ref>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Evarts, Kentucky". Accessed 25 July 2013.</ref> The population was 962 at the 2010 census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

Geography

Evarts is in central Harlan County, in the valley of the Clover Fork of the Cumberland River, where it is joined from the southeast by the valley of Yocum Creek. Kentucky Route 38 (Main Street) follows the Clover Fork, leading northeast (upstream) Template:Convert to the Virginia border near Keokee, and southwest (downstream) Template:Convert to Harlan, the county seat. Kentucky Route 215 runs southeast from Evarts up the Yocum Creek valley through Kenvir Template:Convert to Dizney.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Evarts has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert, or 4.07%, are water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

Demographics

File:Nearest town to P V & K Coal Company, Clover Gap Mine. Evarts, Harlan County, Kentucky. - NARA - 541389.jpg

Evarts in 1946. Photo by Russell Lee.

As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 1,101 people, 428 households, and 299 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 490 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 94.91% White, 2.82% African American, 0.09% Native American, 0.09% Asian, 0.45% from other races, and 1.63% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.64% of the population.

There were 428 households, out of which 31.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were married couples living together, 15.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 23.7% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.0 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $17,963, and the median income for a family was $22,159. Males had a median income of $26,125 versus $18,125 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,657. About 31.3% of families and 37.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 52.7% of those under age 18 and 23.1% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Evarts is controlled by a mayor–council form of government. The city's current mayor is Eddie Manning.<ref name="evartskentucky.com">Template:Cite web</ref> Previous mayor, Burl Fee, died on September 7, 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Current members of the city council are: Preston McLain, Jackie Renfro, Ernie Woodard, Jaysin Stallard, Renee Doan, and Larry Caudill.<ref name="evartskentucky.com"/> The representative body of the city is the city council.

Education

The city of Evarts is served by Harlan County Public Schools.<ref>Harlan County Public Schools - list of schools Retrieved on 2010-06-21</ref> The district operates Evarts Elementary School, Black Mountain Elementary School, and Harlan County High School.

Evarts has a lending library, a branch of the Harlan County Public Library.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• Battle of Evarts
• Black Mountain Off-Road Adventure Area

External links

• Template:Official website