History

Greenup County was formed by an work of the General Assembly of Kentucky in December 12, 1803 from Mason County which covered a majority of eastern Kentucky at the instance.

Geography

Based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 918 km² (355 mi²). 896 klick² (346 mi²) of these are l& and Twenty-two kilometre² (Octad mi²) of these are a stream. A amount vicinity is Two.37% water supply.

Geographic Features

Rather virtually all eastern Kentucky counties, Greenhigher County is preponderantly processed up of rolling hills & vale. A l& as much as astir a single mile east of the Ohio Flow of any stream is typically flat & mostly populated by industry, commerce and residential development. Beyond the this range, a county gives way to a series of hills & vale that come representative of the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and is relatively sparsely inhabited by farmers. Among these hills, popular camping spots may be encountered among a Little Sandy River, Greenbo Lake, and Tygart Creek. Greenup County's land is however predominately covered by woods by owning minimum clear cutting of the old forests.

Greenup County's soil has hanker been supportive of the sound agriculture & farm animal industry. Traditionally, this has intended the sizeable tobacco base and cows ranching, however around recent years, when untraditional agriculture products keep around came under a dominance of agri-corporations, incubation has been seen around non-traditional products like American Quarter Horses, ostriches, and marijuana.

Major Highways

U.S. Highway 23 is the primary route for travel through Greenup County. It enters Greenup County at a southeastern virtually all point & follows a Ohio River north along the eastern border passing across Russell, Flatwoods, Raceland, Wurtland, and Greenup. It so exits upright west of Southshore crossing the Ohio Flow of any stream once more via the Carl D. Perkins Bridge into Portsmouth, Ohio and continuing north towards Columbus, Ohio.

A AA Highway begins at U.S. Highway 23 & connects to U.S. Highway 52 via the Jesse Stuart Bridge. A AA Highway (as well referred to as Route 10) diarrhea west decussate Route 7 & one of these days exiting west into Lewis County. Since its completion in the late 1990's, a AA Highway has allowed Greenup residents to additional easy travel to Maysville, Kentucky as well as Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati, Ohio.

Adjacent Counties

Scioto County, Ohio (north, through a Ohio River) Lawrence County, Ohio (east, across a Ojio Flow of any stream) Boyd County (southeast) Carter County (southwest) Lewis County (west)

Demographics
When of the census² of 2000, there are 36,891 people, 14,536 households, and 11,032 families residing in the county. A population density is 41/km² (107/mi²). There are 15,977 housing units at an typical density of 18/km² (46/mi²). A racial makeup of the county is 98.07% White, 0.57% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.38% Asian, 0.15% from other races, and 0.64% from two or more races. Zero.55% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 14,536 house away from which 32.00% own toddlers under a age of Eighteen swallow the two, 62.30% come married couples living together, 10.40% have a female homeowner by owning there are no hubby present, & Twenty-four.10% come non-families. Xxi.70% of a lot house come processed higher of souls & Ten.00% own somebody dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Two.51 & a typical personal size is Two.91.

In a county the people is spread retired by owning Twenty-three.60% under a age of Eighteen, Heptad.90% from either 18 to Two dozen, Xxvii.90% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-six.00% from either 45 to 64, & Fourteen.60% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 39 years. For each C females there are 92.Fourscore males. For each Hundred females age Xviii & all over, there are 89.Thirty males.

the median income for a personal in the county is $32,142, & the median income for a family is $38,928. Males have a median income of $35,475 versus $21,198 for females. A per capita income for the county is $17,137. Fourteen.10% of the people & Eleven.60% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Eighteen.60% of people under a age of 18 & 9.90% of people 65 & older come dwelling beneath a poverty level.

Cities and towns

Bellefonte Flatwoods

Greenup Raceland

Russell South Shore

Worthington Wurtland