Irvine, Kentucky Irvine, Kentucky Location of Irvine, Kentucky Location of Irvine, Kentucky State Kentucky Irvine (local / rv n/ and / rva n/) is a home rule-class town/city in Estill County, Kentucky, in the United States.
It is the seat of its county. Its populace was 2,715 at the time of the 2010 census. It is positioned on the Kentucky River at the junction of Kentucky Route 52 and Kentucky Route 89.
Irvine and close-by Ravenna are known inside Estill County as the "Twin Cities". Irvine is positioned in the center of Estill County at 37 41 49 N 83 58 1 W (37.696835, -83.966895). The town/city limits are on the northeast side of the Kentucky River, and the town/city is bordered by Ravenna to the southeast.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Irvine has a total region of 1.49 square miles (3.85 km2), of which 1.41 square miles (3.65 km2) is territory and 0.077 square miles (0.20 km2), or 5.13%, is water. Kentucky Route 89 passes through Irvine as Main Street; Route 52 enters from the east as River Drive, then joins Route 89 to cross the Kentucky River.
Route 89 leads north 27 miles (43 km) to Winchester and south 28 miles (45 km) to Mc - Kee, while Route 52 leads southeast 26 miles (42 km) to Beattyville and west 19 miles (31 km) to Richmond.
Green Clay established the town of Irvine on 20.5 acres (8.3 ha) of his territory on January 28, 1812, four years after Estill County was separated from Madison County.
Even by Kentucky standards, Irvine remained small until the 1870s, when its populace passed 300.
22.9% of the populace was under the age of 18, 8.0% from 18 to 24, 27.7% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 18.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $20,286, and the median income for a family was $25,046.
About 20.9% of families and 28.2% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 25.4% of those under age 18 and 22.0% of those age 65 or over.
Kentucky League of Cities.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Irvine city, Kentucky".
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Irvine-Estill County Community Profile Estill Development Alliance - Estill County Information Estill County Water District 1 Municipalities and communities of Estill County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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