Meade County is a

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located in the

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. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,003. Its

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. The county was founded December 17, 1823, and named for Captain James M. Meade, who was killed in action at the Battle of River Raisin during the

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. Meade County is part of the Elizabethtown-

Fort Knox Fort Knox is a United States Army installation in Kentucky, south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. It is adjacent to the United States Bullion Depository, which is used to house a large portion of the United States' official gold re ...

, KY

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, which is included in the Louisville/Jefferson County-Elizabethtown-

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, KY- IN

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Geography

According to the

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, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (5.9%) is water. All of the county's northern border faces

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, across from the

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Outdoor attractions

* Doe Run Inn *

Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area (formerly Otter Creek Park) is a 2,600 acre (11 km²) riverfront park in Meade County, Kentucky. The park is located near Muldraugh and Fort Knox, along State Highway 1638, near U.S. 31W. Although it ...

* Meade Olin Park * Diana’s Park * Park Down By The River

Adjacent counties

* Hardin County (southeast) * Breckinridge County (southwest/CST Border) *

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(northeast) *

Perry County, Indiana Perry County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 19,338. The county seat is Tell City. It is the hilliest county as well as one of the most forested counties in Indiana as it ...

(northwest/CST Border) *

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(north)

Transportation

The Regional planning group One Knox considers the largest road projects needed to support the growth from the BRAC realignment at

to include extending Kentucky Route 313 to

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in Meade County and then into

creating a corridor between Radcliff and Elizabethtown running parallel to

U.S. Route 31W U.S. Route 31W (US 31W) is the westernmost of two parallel routes for U.S. Route 31 from Nashville, Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky. At one time, it split with U.S. Route 31E at Sellersburg, Indiana, crossing into nearby Louisville via the Ken ...

(

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), and building a new extension from Bullion Boulevard in Fort Knox to KY 313 in Radcliff. The group estimates that buying the right of way for the KY 313 project to Brandenburg would cost nearly $30 million. The realignment at Fort Knox is projected to bring thousands of workers and jobs, along with millions of dollars into the regions economy. * The Matthew E. Welsh Bridge connects Meade County to

over the

. * KY 1638 connects Brandenburg, Kentucky to US 31W (Dixie Highway) in

Muldraugh, Kentucky Muldraugh is a home rule-class city in Meade and Hardin counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It lies on U.S. Route 31W north of Elizabethtown. The city limits are completely encompassed by the Fort Knox army base. The population was 947 as ...

which connects to

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Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 26,349 people, 9,470 households, and 7,396 families residing in the county. The

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was . There were 10,293 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the county was 92.37%

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, 4.13%

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, 0.59% Native American, 0.53% Asian, 0.13%

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, 0.83% from

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, and 1.43% from two or more races. 2.15% of the population were

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or Latino of any race. There were 9,470 households, out of which 42.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.10% were

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living together, 9.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.90% were non-families. Of all households 18.40% were made up of individuals, and 6.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.15. In the county, the population was spread out, with 29.80% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 32.70% from 25 to 44, 20.30% from 45 to 64, and 8.10% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 98.30 males. The median income for a household in the county was $36,966, and the median income for a family was $40,592. Males had a median income of $30,835 versus $22,038 for females. The

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for the county was $16,000. About 9.30% of families and 11.30% of the population were below the

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, including 13.80% of those under age 18 and 12.30% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

(county seat) *

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* Muldraugh * Guston * Flaherty

Census-designated places

* Doe Valley *

, a military base (partly in Hardin County)

Other unincorporated places

* Battletown * Big Spring (partly in Breckinridge County in the

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and Hardin County in the

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) * Concordia * Flaherty * Garrett * Guston * Lickskillet * Meade * Payneville * Rhodelia * Rock Haven *

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* Garnettsville * Buck Grove

Politics

Education

Most of the county is zoned to Meade County Schools,
Text list
- "Fort Knox Dependent Schools" refers to the DoDEA schools. which operates

Meade County High School Meade County High School (formerly Brandenburg High School) is a public high school in Brandenburg, Kentucky, United States. It was established in 1914, and is part of the Meade County Schools district. It serves the county, except for people l ...

. However people living on

are instead zoned to the

Department of Defense Education Activity The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is a federal school system headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, responsible for planning, directing, coordinating, and managing prekindergarten through 12th grade educational programs on behal ...

(DoDEA), which operates Fort Knox Middle High School.

References

External links

Meade County Local

"Ky-313 extension is well under way"
��''The News-Enterprise'', July 24, 2011
Meade County Fiscal Court & Meade County Tourism

Meade County Chamber of Commerce
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