Sharpsburg is a home rule-class city in Bath County,

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, in the United States. The population was 323 as of the 2010 U.S. census. It is part of the Mount Sterling micropolitan area.

History

Revolutionary War veteran Moses Sharp settled in the area in 1780 and laid out the town of Bloomfield on his land in 1814. After his death in 1820, the town received its first post office; since "Bloomfield" was preempted by another community, the postmaster named his station after Sharp, and the town was established and incorporated under this new name.Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names''. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987.

Geography

Sharpsburg is located near the western corner of Bath County at (38.201421, -83.930164), along

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. It is north of Mount Sterling and southwest of Flemingsburg. According to the

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

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 295 people, 149 households, and 77 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 154 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 76.61%

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, 20.00%

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, 1.69% from

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, and 1.69% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.69% of the population. There were 149 households, out of which 16.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.6% were

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living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 48.3% were non-families. 46.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 29.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.98 and the average family size was 2.71. In the city, the population was spread out, with 16.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 24.4% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 26.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 46 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.6 males. The median income for a household in the city was $16,000, and the median income for a family was $23,750. Males had a median income of $22,188 versus $20,000 for females. The

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for the city was $12,452. About 26.7% of families and 32.7% of the population were below the

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, including 37.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 35.1% of those 65 or over.

Education

Sharpsburg has a

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, a branch of the Bath County Memorial Library.

Notable people

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Henry Smith Lane Henry Smith Lane (February 24, 1811 – June 19, 1881) was a United States representative, Senator, and the 13th Governor of Indiana; he was by design the shortest-serving Governor of Indiana, having made plans to resign the office should his ...

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* Dorothy Corrine Clemons née Johnson, first African-American mayor of Sharpsburg and Bath County

References

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* {{authority control Cities in Bath County, Kentucky Cities in Kentucky Mount Sterling, Kentucky micropolitan area