Park Hills is a home rule-class city in Kenton County,

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. The population was 3,162 at the 2020 census. It is a

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of the

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. Much of the city was listed on the

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in 2008 as the Park Hills Historic District.

History

The area of present-day Park Hills was subdivided and settled on land owned by Messrs. Coran, Corry, and Spencer. This community remained quite small until D. Collins Lee and Robert Simmons developed the area in 1926 and incorporated the present city the next year.Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names''
p. 227
University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 25 September 2013.

Geography

Park Hills is located from downtown

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, and approximately from the

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(CVG). According to the

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, the city has a total area of , all land. The city is part of the

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of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, part of the

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region of the United States.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 2,977 people, 1,382 households, and 725 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 1,523 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 96.64%

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, 1.65%

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, 0.07% Native American, 0.77% Asian, 0.30% from other races, and 0.57% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.60% of the population. There were 1,382 households, out of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% were

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living together, 9.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.5% were non-families. 40.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.85. In the city, the population was spread out, with 19.9% under the age of 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 14.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.1 males. The median income for a household in the city was $42,227, and the median income for a family was $65,833. Males had a median income of $39,450 versus $31,719 for females. The

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for the city was $29,486. About 2.8% of families and 5.3% of the population were below the

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, including 4.9% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

Government

Park Hills is a home rule-class city. The city has a mayor who is elected every four years: the current mayor is Kathy Zembrodt. The city has a six-member City Council that is elected every two years. Current City Council Members are: * Joe Shields * Steve Elkins * Kevin Theissen * Sara Froelich * Pam Spoor * Wesley Deters Park Hills is represented in the

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by Senator

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( R) of the 23rd District in the

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and by Representative Charles "Buddy" Wheatley ( D) of the 65th District and Representative Kim Banta ( R) of the 63rd District in the

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. Park Hills is located in Kentucky's 4th Congressional District, currently represented in the

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by Thomas Massie ( R).

Education

Public schools

The city is served by the Kenton County School District. Students from Park Hills attend Dixie Heights High School in grades 9 through 12, Turkey Foot Middle School in grades 6 through 8, and Fort Wright Elementary in grades Pre-K through 5.

Private schools

There are two private Catholic schools within the community, Covington Catholic High School and Notre Dame Academy. Covington Catholic is all male and Notre Dame is all female, both schools are run by the Diocese of Covington and their Department of Catholic Schools. The Diocese runs 17 schools in Kenton County.

References

External links

City of Park Hills Official Website

Wartman, Scot. "Will a Traditional Catholic church change this small town?", ''Cincinnati Enquirer'', August 8, 2017
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