Albany, Kentucky Albany, Kentucky Location of Albany, Kentucky Location of Albany, Kentucky Albany is a home rule-class town/city in Clinton County, Kentucky, in the United States.
The populace was 2,033 at the 2010 census. It is the governmental center of county of Clinton County. It is positioned on U.S.
In 1837, inhabitants voted to make the locale the seat of county government. It is generally accepted that the town, formally incorporated on January 27, 1838, was titled after Albany, New York, but a small-town legend holds that, amid the vote to determine the locale of the county seat, patrons of Dowell's tavern shouted "All for Benny!", then "all Benny," which led to the town being called Albany. During the Civil War, Albany was attacked by Confederate forces, and many buildings, including the courthouse, were burned. A marker in the courthouse square notes that Clinton was the native county of Civil War terrorist Champ Ferguson, hanged after the war for atrocities. Albany is positioned in south-central Clinton County at 36 41 36 N 85 8 7 W (36.693280, -85.135286). The town/city lies at an altitude of 960 feet (290 m) at the foot of the edge of the Cumberland Plateau.
Albany Rock, a spur of the plateau, rises northeast of the town/city to an altitude of 1,700 feet (520 m).
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.2 square miles (5.8 km2), of which 0.004 square miles (0.01 km2), or 0.23%, is water. There were 1,165 housing units at an average density of 342.7 per square mile (132.3/km ).
There were 1,018 homeholds out of which 25.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 44.8% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $14,558, and the median income for a family was $22,652.
About 28.9% of families and 35.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 49.8% of those under age 18 and 36.5% of those age 65 or over.
Jeff Hoover, Speaker of the House, Kentucky House of Representatives.
Leslie, Democratic governor of Kentucky and last territorial governor of Montana According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Albany has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. "Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform" (PDF).
Kentucky League of Cities.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Albany city, Kentucky".
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Climate Summary for Albany, Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky.
Municipalities and communities of Clinton County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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Cities in Kentucky - County seats in Kentucky - Populated places established in 1838 - Cities in Clinton County, Kentucky - 1838 establishments in Kentucky
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