Carlisle is a home rule-class city in Nicholas County,

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, United States. The population was 2,010 at the 2010 census. It is the

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of Nicholas County. It is located at the junction of

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and Kentucky Route 36, about halfway between Lexington and Maysville.

History

Carlisle was founded in 1816 when John Kincart donated land to facilitate the relocation of the county seat from Ellisville, to the north.

Geography

According to the

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, Carlisle has a total area of , all land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2010, there were 2,010 people, 892 households, and 546 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,040 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.10%

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, 0.8%

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, 0.3%

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, 0.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.3% of the population. There were 892 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were

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living together, 13.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.8% were non-families. 35% of all households were made up of individuals, and 37.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.88. In the city, the population was spread out, with 24.4% under the age of 19, 5.0% from 20 to 24, 24.3% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 81.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.2 males. The median income for a household in the city was $34,112, and the median income for a family was $42,664.

Education

Carlisle has a lending library, a branch of the Nicholas County Public Library.

Notable people

Betty Blake Betty Blake (September 20, 1931 – April 13, 1982) was an American historic preservationist and promoter. She was best known for preserving historic riverboats in Cincinnati. Her biggest preservation project was helping to save the ''Delta Queen' ...

, Steamboat preservationist. * Daniel Boone, pioneer, folk hero *

Gatewood Galbraith Louis Gatewood Galbraith (January 23, 1947 – January 4, 2012) was an American author and Attorneys in the United States, attorney from the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. He was a five-time political candidate for governor of Kentucky. Early l ...

, political activist *

Bela M. Hughes Bela Metcalfe Hughes (April 6, 1817 – October 3, 1902) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician. Hughes played an important role in connecting the American West to the rest of the country with stagecoach lines, as well as in the early ...

, pioneer *

Robert T. McCowan Robert Taylor McCowan (July 28, 1928 – November 12, 2003) was an American businessman, president of Ashland Petroleum (1974), executive vice chairman of Ashland, Inc.(1980), board of trustees member of the University of Kentucky from 1981 to 1 ...

, Ashland Oil Vice Chairman and UK Board Director *

Barbara Kingsolver Barbara Kingsolver (born April 8, 1955) is an American novelist, essayist and poet. She was raised in rural Kentucky and lived briefly in the Congo in her early childhood. Kingsolver earned degrees in biology at DePauw University and the Univers ...

, writer * Thomas Metcalfe, moved to a farm in Carlisle

References

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