Hiseville is an

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and

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(CDP) in

Barren County Barren County is a county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,485. Its county seat is Glasgow. The county was founded on December 20, 1798, from parts of Warren and ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

, United States. The population was 240 at the 2010 census. It is part of the

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

Micropolitan Statistical Area. Hiseville was a city until it disincorporated in 2004.

Geography

Hiseville is located at (37.100131, -85.815107). According to the

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, the city had a total area of , all of it land.

History

A post office was established in the community in 1867, when it was named in honor of Congressman

Elijah Hise Elijah Hise (July 4, 1802 – May 8, 1867) was a United States diplomat and U.S. Representative from the of Kentucky. Hise was born July 4, 1802 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania before moving with his parents, Frederick and Nancy (Eckstein) Hi ...

. It was known previously as Goosehorn.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 224 people, 94 households, and 67 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 100 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 99.11%

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, 0.45%

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, and 0.45% from two or more races. There were 94 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.87. In the city the population was spread out, with 25.4% under the age of 18, 4.9% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 24.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $24,167, and the median income for a family was $28,750. Males had a median income of $21,563 versus $20,625 for females. The

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for the city was $15,267. About 12.5% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the

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, including 12.5% of those under the age of eighteen and 23.8% of those 65 or over.

Notable residents

* Luska Twyman, born in Hiseville, was the first African American mayor of Glasgow, Kentucky *

Louie B. Nunn Louie Broady Nunn (March 8, 1924 – January 29, 2004) was an American politician who served as the 52nd governor of Kentucky. Elected in 1967, he was the only Republican to hold the office between the end of Simeon Willis's term in 1947 and ...

, former

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was born north of Hiseville, KY. * Henry Skaggs, famed Kentucky longhunter and pioneer, lived here from 1801. His gravesite is in the Hiseville-Park community.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in Barren County, Kentucky Former municipalities in Kentucky Census-designated places in Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Glasgow, Kentucky, micropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Barren County, Kentucky Populated places disestablished in 2004