St. Charles is a home rule-class city in Hopkins County,

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 277 at the 2010 U.S. Census.

History

St. Charles was settled as a

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camp in 1872 on land purchased from J.I.D. Woodruff by the Saint Bernard Mining Company. In 1873, the post office was established under the name "Woodruff", but when the city was incorporated in 1874, the name was changed to "St. Charles" for now unknown reasons.Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names''
p. 260
University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 4 October 2013.

Geography

St. Charles is located in southern Hopkins County at (37.184139, -87.555164).

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passes through the southern part of the community, leading east to Nortonville and west to Dawson Springs. According to the

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, St. Charles has a total area of , of which , or 0.70%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 309 people, 120 households, and 90 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 133 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 98.71%

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, 0.32%

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, and 0.97% from two or more races. There were 120 households, out of which 37.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.2% were

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living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.2% were non-families. 21.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.02. In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 32.7% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.7 males. The median income for a household in the city was $20,469, and the median income for a family was $20,000. Males had a median income of $21,875 versus $13,750 for females. The

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for the city was $10,230. About 26.1% of families and 29.2% of the population were below the

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, including 40.6% of those under the age of eighteen and 24.4% of those 65 or over.

References

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* {{authority control Populated places established in 1874 Saint Charles, Kentucky Saint Charles, Kentucky 1874 establishments in Kentucky