Lewisport, Kentucky Lewisport, Kentucky Location of Lewisport, Kentucky Location of Lewisport, Kentucky Lewisport is a home rule-class town/city in the floodplain of the Ohio River in Hancock County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Lewisport was originally a ferry landing site known as Little Yellow Banks in allusion to Owensboro's initial name of Yellow Banks.
An attempt to rename the town/city Prentisport failed, though, when James insisted the town be titled after his friend Dr.
The town was chartered as Lewisport in 1839 and the postal service was established under that name in 1844. The town/city was formally incorporated by the state assembly the same year, but needed to be reincorporated in 1882. Upon its beginning in 1938, the Lewisport School System comprised 8 small-town one-room schools; today, it is part of the Hancock County Consolidated School System. Lewisport is positioned at 37 56 6 N 86 54 19 W (37.935023, -86.905270). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,639 citizens , 648 homeholds, and 452 families residing in the city.
There were 648 homeholds out of which 35.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 53.4% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 30.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 27.4% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $35,774, and the median income for a family was $42,321.
The per capita income for the town/city was $16,413.
About 15.6% of families and 17.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 16.6% of those age 65 or over.
List of metros/cities and suburbs along the Ohio River "Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform" (PDF).
Kentucky League of Cities.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
City of Lewisport.
Hancock County.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
Municipalities and communities of Hancock County, Kentucky, United States
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Populated places established in 1839 - Cities in Kentucky - Cities in Hancock County, Kentucky - Owensboro urbane region - Kentucky populated places on the Ohio River
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