Williamstown, Kentucky Williamstown, Kentucky Location of Williamstown, Kentucky Location of Williamstown, Kentucky Williamstown is a home rule-class town/city in Grant and Pendleton counties in the U.S.
When Grant County was formed in 1820, William Arnold offered territory for the county seat.
The Cincinnati Southern Railway was assembled through the county in 1877, and Williamstown Lake was created in 1957.
Williamstown is positioned east of the center of Grant County at 38 38 28 N 84 33 39 W (38.641184, -84.560920). It is bordered to the north by the town/city of Dry Ridge.
The town/city limits extend northeast 5 miles (8 km) along Falmouth Road and East Fairview Road to slightly enter Pendleton County.
Route 25 passes through the center of Williamstown as Main Street; US 25 leads north 11 miles (18 km) to Crittenden and south the same distance to Corinth.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, Williamstown has a total region of 16.9 square miles (43.9 km2), of which 16.4 square miles (42.6 km2) is territory and 0.54 square miles (1.4 km2), or 3.13%, is water. Williamstown Lake, a reservoir on the South Fork of Grassy Creek, is in the northeast part of the city.
According to the Koppen Climate Classification system, Williamstown has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. There were 1,279 homeholds out of which 32.0% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 52.3% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 31.2% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.8% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 20.4% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $33,750, and the median income for a family was $44,808.
About 10.9% of families and 15.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 16.1% of those under age 18 and 20.1% of those age 65 or over.
"Subcounty populace estimates: Kentucky 2000-2007" (CSV). Population Division.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Williamstown city, Kentucky".
Climate Summary for Williamstown, Kentucky "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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