Springfield, Kentucky

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**Springfield, Kentucky**

State	Kentucky
County	Washington County
Mayor	John Cecconi
Area	6.6 km²
Coordinates	37°41'11" N 85°13'19" W
Time zone –Summer (DST)	eastern standard time
Population (2000) –Density	2,634 405/km²
ZIP codes	40069
Calling codes	859
FIPS code	21 72660

Springfield is a city in Washington County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,634 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Washington County^GR6.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Notable natives
4 Dining
5 Trivia
6 External links

[edit] Geography

Springfield is located at 37°41′11″N, 85°13′19″W (37.686328, -85.221955)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.6 km² (2.5 mi²). 6.5 km² (2.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it (1.18%) is water.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 2,634 people, 1,166 households, and 711 families residing in the city. The population density was 405.2/km² (1,048.5/mi²). There were 1,239 housing units at an average density of 190.6/km² (493.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 74.68% White, 22.40% African American, 0.53% Asian, 0.80% from other races, and 1.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.25% of the population.

There were 1,166 households out of which 25.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.3% were married couples living together, 16.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families. 37.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.88.

In the city the population was spread out with 21.8% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 22.7% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 78.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $24,430, and the median income for a family was $35,143. Males had a median income of $29,917 versus $21,865 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,793. About 12.3% of families and 16.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.6% of those under age 18 and 22.3% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Notable natives

Paul Derringer-Baseball pitcher.
Shipwreck Kelly-Football player.

In one, "non-canonical" episode of the Simpsons, the title characters - whose hometown is "Springfield" - are said to be a "Northern Kentucky family". Additionally in a Simpsons episode, Sweets and Sour Marge, Homer is asked to help smuggle sugar from “south of the border” in which he responds “you mean Tennessee?”, implying that Springfield is in Kentucky.

[edit] Dining

There are few places to dine in Springfield, but just recently they have opened up "Mordecai's on Main", also there is the Cecconi's resturant, and Holy Grounds coffee shop. Springfield also includes some of your regular fast food restaurants such as Hardee's, McDonald's or Wendy's, as well as Chinese and Mexican venues.