Louisa, Kentucky City of Louisa, Kentucky Location of Louisa, Kentucky Location of Louisa, Kentucky State Kentucky Website City of Louisa Louisa is a home rule-class town/city located at the consolidation of the Levisa and Tug Forks into the Big Sandy River.
It is positioned in Lawrence County, Kentucky, in the United States and is the seat of its county. The populace was 2,467 at the 2010 census.
The origin of the city's name is unclear.
Theories include that it was titled for Louisa County, Virginia, or a corruption of the name of the Levisa or that it was titled after Louisa Swetnam, one of the first white kids born in the area.
The Levisa Fork was originally written and spoken as the "Louisa Fork" which is the likely origin of the name.
It is also possible that the town name was connected to the Spanish Era in Kentucky.
Louisa became the governmental center of county in 1822 and a town/city in 1823.
The Confederate Army of East Kentucky consolidated with Virginia and Tennessee Confederate units.
Kentucky had a star on the Confederate Battle Flag, and Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky, and graduated from a Kentucky college.
The Chattaroi Railroad (now a part of CSX) connected to Louisa in 1881.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km ), of which 1.4 square miles (3.5 km ) is territory and 0.04 square mile (0.1 km ) (2.17%) is water.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Louisa has a Humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The bridge from Louisa, in easterly Lawrence County, to Fort Gay, West Virginia is something of a geographic and architectural oddity.
The quarter-mile concrete span spans two forks of the Big Sandy River, joins two states and has a right turn at its halfway point, which joins traffic to the Point Section neighborhood of Louisa.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,018 citizens , 927 homeholds, and 548 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 22.1% under the age of 18, 10.0% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $16,690, and the median income for a family was $24,474.
About 27.5% of families and 32.8% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 46.9% of those under age 18 and 17.4% of those age 65 or over.
Louisa East Elementary School West Louisa Elementary School Louisa Middle School Kentucky League of Cities.
Climate Summary for Louisa, Kentucky "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
City of Louisa Municipalities and communities of Lawrence County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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Cities in Kentucky - Cities in Lawrence County, Kentucky - County seats in Kentucky - Populated places established in 1822 - 1822 establishments in Kentucky
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