Carrollton, Kentucky Carrollton, Kentucky Downtown Carrollton with Ohio River valley in background Downtown Carrollton with Ohio River valley in background Location of Carrollton, Kentucky Location of Carrollton, Kentucky Carrollton is a home rule-class town/city in and the governmental center of county of Carroll County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky rivers.
Carrollton is positioned in northern Carroll County at 38 40 38 N 85 10 17 W (38.677329, -85.171504). The town/city is situated on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Kentucky River.
It is bordered by the town/city of Prestonville to the west athwart the Kentucky River.
To the north, athwart the Ohio River, is Switzerland County, Indiana.
Interstate 71 runs 4 miles (6 km) south of the town/city roughly alongside to US 42, with access from Exit 44.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 2.0 square miles (5.3 km2), of which 0.008 square miles (0.02 km2), or 0.42%, is water. Carrollton was laid out in 1792, and it was known as Port William initially.
It served as the governmental center of county of Gallatin County until 1838 when the county was split, creating Carroll County, and Port William was retitled Carrollton and became the seat of the new county.
Carrollton's most harsh flood was the Ohio River flood of 1937; floodwaters crested at 79.9 feet (24.4 m). In 1988, the Carrollton bus disaster garnered nationwide attention for what was one of the worst bus collisions in United States history.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.0% under the age of 18, 9.9% from 18 to 24, 27.3% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 17.7% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $29,818, and the median income for a family was $41,193.
About 13.9% of families and 20.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 31.5% of those under age 18 and 26.2% of those age 65 or over.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Carrollton has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.
The town of Hargrave, Kentucky in the fiction of Wendell Berry is a fictionalized version of Carrollton. Berry uses Carrollton's initial name, Port William, as the name for the town in which most of his stories take place.
Kentucky League of Cities.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Carrollton 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 Carrollton, Kentucky City of Carrollton official website Carrollton, Kentucky at Urban - Up Municipalities and communities of Carroll County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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Cities in Carroll County, Kentucky - Cities in Kentucky - Kentucky populated places on the Ohio River - County seats in Kentucky
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