Mount Olivet is a
home rule-class city in and the
county seat
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of
Robertson County,
Kentucky
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, United States,
located at the junction of
U.S. Route 62 and
Kentucky Route 165. The population was 347 at the
2020 United States census.
History
Long before the town of Mount Olivet was created, the
Battle of Blue Licks was fought in 1783 between Patriot American frontiersmen and pro-British Loyalist-Native American allies. The decisive result of the battle was a major American defeat at the end of the
American Revolutionary War
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.
Mount Olivet was founded in 1820 and incorporated on December 27, 1851. It became the county seat of Robertson County when the county was formed in 1867. The town was subsequently dissolved, then reincorporated on March 18, 1871, by an act of the
Kentucky General Assembly
The Kentucky General Assembly, also called the Kentucky Legislature, is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It comprises the Kentucky Senate and the Kentucky House of Representatives.
The General Assembly meets annually in th ...
. Mount Olivet was classified as a fifth-class city until 2015, when it was reclassified as a home rule–class city.
The 1871 act of incorporation established the town's boundary as a perfect circle centered on the intersection of Main and Walnut streets with a radius of . However, in 1981, the city clarified that the circle has a radius of .
In 2014, the city annexed of unincorporated territory, consisting of the new Robertson County School and the rights of way of
U.S. Route 62 and
Kentucky Route 616 leading to the school.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of , all of it land.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 289 people, 130 households, and 73 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 145 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.92%
White
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, 1.38% from
other races, and 0.69% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 1.38% of the population.
There were 130 households, out of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.1% were
married couples
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living together, 16.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 43.8% were non-families. 38.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.88.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 19.7% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 74.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 75.4 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $18,750, and the median income for a family was $25,625. Males had a median income of $21,667 versus $21,250 for females. The
per capita income
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In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the city was $12,172. About 38.4% of families and 37.5% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 56.1% of those under the age of eighteen and 23.2% of those 65 or over.
Education
Mount Olivet has a
lending library
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, the Robertson County Public Library.
See also
* Other
places named Mount Olivet
References
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Cities in Robertson County, Kentucky
County seats in Kentucky
Cities in Kentucky