Dry Ridge, Kentucky "Dry Ridge"
Dry Ridge .
Dry Ridge, Kentucky Location of Dry Ridge, Kentucky Location of Dry Ridge, Kentucky Dry Ridge is a home rule-class town/city in Grant County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Dry Ridge is positioned north of the center of Grant County at 38 40 56 N 84 35 47 W (38.682242, -84.596370). It is bordered to the south by the town/city of Williamstown, the county seat.
Interstate 75 passes through Dry Ridge, with access from Exit 159.
Route 25 (Main Street) runs through the center of Dry Ridge, dominant north 7 miles (11 km) to Crittenden and south 4 miles (6 km) to the center of Williamstown.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Dry Ridge has a total region of 4.6 square miles (11.8 km2), of which 0.03 square miles (0.09 km2), or 0.72%, is water. The improve now known as Dry Ridge was settled about 1792 as "Campbell's Station" near a spring said to have medicinal qualities. A postal service called "Dry Ridge" was established in 1815 at an inn.
Dry Ridge takes its name from a ridge surrounded by inns where travelers stopped for water before proceeding. During the early part of the 20th century, Dry Ridge was the home of Kentucky Carlsbad Mineral Water Bottling Company, and home of the Carlsbad Hotel instead of in 1911.
People came to Dry Ridge from all over the easterly United States to take the mineral water of what was known as the Kentucky Carlsbad Springs, although it was not a spring, but a well.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.6% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $30,647, and the median income for a family was $32,202.
About 21.0% of families and 23.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 39.0% of those under age 18 and 14.4% of those age 65 or over.
Grant County students are served by Grant County Middle School and Grant County High School, both positioned in Dry Ridge.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Dry Ridge has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Dry Ridge city, Kentucky".
Climate Summary for Dry Ridge, Kentucky City of Dry Ridge official website Historical Texts and Images of Dry Ridge Municipalities and communities of Grant County, Kentucky, United States Corinth Crittenden Dry Ridge Williamstown This populated place also has portions in an adjoining county or counties
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Cities in Kentucky - Cities in Grant County, Kentucky
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