Hurstbourne, Kentucky
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Jefferson County, Kentucky
As of the census of 2000, there were 693,604 people, 287,012 households, and 183,113 families residing in the county. The population density was . There were 305,835 housing units at an average density of...
, Kentucky
Kentucky
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, United States
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. The population was 3,884 at the 2000 census. The land was surveyed by John Floyd in 1774 and part of a military land grant to Henry Harrison. It was first settled by William Linn, who build a stockade, Linn's Station, along Beargrass Creek
Beargrass Creek
Beargrass Creek is the name given to several forks of a creek in Jefferson County, Kentucky. The Beargrass Creek watershed is the largest in the county, draining over ....
in 1779. It was probably located along the east side of what is now Hurstbourne Parkway.
In 1789, Richard Clough Anderson purchased 500 acres (2 km²) and established an estate called Soldier's Retreat, which made up much of Hurstbourne. It was owned in 1842 by John Jeremiah Jacob, who renamed it Lynnford, and by 1915 the property was known as Hurstbourne. Jacob's 1840s house is now part of the Hurstbourne Country Club's clubhouse.
Hurstbourne Parkway was created in 1935 when an earlier lane was widened. By 1965 the property was called Hindbaugh Farms, and as it was by then located on the edge of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, commercial and residential development began. It incorporated as a city in 1982 to prevent annexation by Louisville. Almost all land was developed by 1990.
It is today bisected by I-64 and effectively an edge city
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to Louisville, with a great number of office parks and shopping centers, as well as an industrial park, concentrated within a few blocks of Hurstbourne Parkway, on land that was undeveloped 40 years earlier. Hurstbourne is now a city within a city as it is a part of the Louisville/ Jefferson County Metro Government.
Geography
Hurstbourne is located at 38°14′25"N 85°35′33"W (38.240235, -85.592599).According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (4.9 km²), all of it land.
Demographics
As of the censusCensus
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of 2000, there were 3,884 people, 1,699 households, and 1,199 families residing in the city. The population density
Population density
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was 2,077.1 people per square mile (801.9/km²). There were 1,887 housing units at an average density of 1,009.1 per square mile (389.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 91.45% White, 3.01% African American, 0.10% Native American, 4.25% Asian, 0.23% from other races
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, and 0.95% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.08% of the population.
There were 1,699 households out of which 22.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.7% were married couples
Marriage
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living together, 3.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.4% were non-families. 27.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.78.
In the city the population was spread out with 18.4% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 16.7% from 25 to 44, 36.8% from 45 to 64, and 23.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 51 years. For every 100 females there were 87.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.9 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $88,972, and the median income for a family was $106,450. Males had a median income of $98,616 versus $35,029 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the city was $49,328. About 1.3% of families and 3.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.9% of those under age 18 and 6.1% of those age 65 or over.