Pleasureville, Kentucky

Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Pleasureville is a home rule-class city in Henry and Shelby Counties, Kentucky, United States. The population was 834 at the time of the 2010 U.S. census.<ref name="Census 2010">Template:Cite webTemplate:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore</ref>

History

Template:See also In 1784, 30-odd Dutch Huguenot families colonizing present-day Mercer County purchased Template:Convert from Squire Boone. They erected a fort for their protection about Template:Convert east of present-day north Pleasureville. Their land was held and cultivated in common, but managed by Abraham Banta. It was variously known as "The Dutch Tract", the "Low Dutch Settlement" or "Station", and "Bantatown", but the post office was established as "Pleasureville" Template:Circa,<ref name=ren/> and the city was incorporated under that name in 1842.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=sos/>

Rennick relates the local story that it derived from a visitor expressing what a pleasure it was to stay among such pleasant people.<ref name=ren/> This story was also detailed in an autobiography of Isaac Newton LeCompte in 1919, where he noted, "My Great Uncle, Major Joe LeCompte, who was a politician as well as a soldier, upon his rounds as a candidate for Congress (he was elected four terms) frequently passed through this village and upon one occasion he remarked that every time he passed through he heard the men whistling and the woman singing and suggested that the town should be named Pleasureville, and so it was."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Others say the area of the post office housed a bordello (at the site of the later Pleasureville Hotel and a present-day apartment building).<ref name=kenagaz>University of Kentucky. Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer. "Pleasureville".</ref>

In 1858, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad arrived, but its course ran about a mile south of the former community. The post office relocated to the new settlement around the depot in 1874, which received the name "Pleasureville", and the former city became known as "North Pleasureville". It received a separate post office under that name in 1879. The town and city merged in 1962, although the two halves are still sometimes called "North Town" and "South Town" by locals.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, p. 238. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 27 September 2013.</ref>

Geography

Pleasureville is located in southern Henry County in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky. A small portion of the "South Town" part of the city extends south into Shelby County. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of Template:Convert, all land.<ref name="Census 2010"/>

The community is located on Kentucky Route 241, which runs through both North and South Towns, and on U.S. Route 421, which runs through North Town. KY 241 leads south Template:Convert to Shelbyville (via Kentucky Route 43). US-421 leads northwest Template:Convert to New Castle, the Henry County seat, and southeast Template:Convert to Frankfort, the state capital.

Demographics

Template:US Census population As of the census<ref name="GR2">Template:Cite web</ref> of 2000, there were 869 people, 340 households, and 236 families residing in the city. The population density was Template:Convert. There were 367 housing units at an average density of Template:Convert. The racial makeup of the city was 92.98% White, 1.73% African American, 0.12% Native American, 4.26% from other races, and 0.92% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.48% of the population.

There were 340 households, out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.8% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.3% were non-families. 23.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 31.5% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,839, and the median income for a family was $36,875. Males had a median income of $26,875 versus $21,912 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,279. About 5.9% of families and 13.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.3% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

Climate

The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Pleasureville has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps.<ref>Climate Summary for Pleasureville, Kentucky</ref>

See also

• Dutch colonization of the Americas
• Low Dutch Station

External links

• Template:Usurped, original Low Dutch meetinghouse