Scottsville, Kentucky Scottsville, Kentucky Location of Scottsville, Kentucky Location of Scottsville, Kentucky Scottsville is a home rule-class town/city in Allen County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Scottsville is positioned at 36 45 5 N 86 11 34 W (36.751504, -86.192692). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.8 square miles (15 km2), all of it land.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Scottsville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. As of the census of 2010, there were 4,226 citizens , 1,861 homeholds, and 1,130 families residing in the city.
There were 2,066 housing units at an average density of 356.2 per square mile (137.5/km2).
There were 1,861 homeholds out of which 26.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 38.2% were married couples living together, 17.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.3% were non-families.
35.0% of all homeholds were made up of individuals living alone and 14.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.2% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 20 to 24, 24.6% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $24,960, and the median income for a family was $36,711.
About 20.3% of families and 28.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 35.0% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over.
Scottsville is home of the chief settlement of the Noah Hoover Mennonites, also called "Scottsville Mennonites", a branch of Old Order Mennonites.
They moved to Scottsville in 1978, coming from Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Scottsville Public Schools are part of the Allen County Schools School District.
The precinct has one elementary school, one intermediate school, one middle school, and one high school.
Students attend Allen County Scottsville High School. Scottsville's square contains a handful of shops.
Scottsville is home to a weekly newspaper, the Citizen-Times, which was established in 1890.
"The All New Love FM," as the station is now known, also has twice daily news segments covering Scottsville and the rest of Allen County.
City of Scottsville.
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
"Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform" (PDF).
Kentucky League of Cities.
Climate Summary for Scottsville, Kentucky "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
"Allen County School District".
Allen County School District.
Municipalities and communities of Allen County, Kentucky, United States County seats in Kentucky
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