Hazard occurs as city located in Perry County, Kentucky. When of the 2000 census, the city experienced the number people of 4,806. These are a county seat of Perry County.

History

A town of Hazard, also when Perry County, is known as after U.S. Navy Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, known for his victory report during the War of 1812 stating, "We have met the enemy and they are ours." A post office named Perry Court House was established in the area in the 1820s, though some reports note that locals had always referred to the area as "Hazard". A town's title was officially changed to Hazard inside 1854.

Long isolated per circumferent mountains, Hazard met a outside globe sustaining a arrival of the railroad in 1912. Antecedently, a exclusively ways within or even away from a vale were 45 miles down the Northward Fork of the Kentucky River, or a Two-week hike above the circumferent mountains. A railroad brought boom days to a town, however the Great Depression saw prosperity end when quickly when it got begun.

Want details on this text, including a 1927, 1957 and 1963 floods, the rise & fall of the coal-based economy, & a building of State Highway 15, State Highway 80, & a Daniel Boone Turnpike (now a Hal Rogers Parkway).

A early 1980s CBS television series The Dukes of Hazzard brought visitors to a town, potentially though the made-up "Hazzard County" was placed in Georgia. When you took & fallowing a popular indicate's process, members of the indicate's cast were frequent visitant to Hazard's annual Black Gold Festival.

Inside July, 1999, Hazard received a dubious honor of existence the number 1 prevent in President Bill Clinton's tour of poverty-stricken communities that had failed to share in the boom of the 1990s.

Geography
Hazard is placed at 37°15'Xxi" North, 83°11'37" West (37.255910, -83.193706).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the amount front yard of Eighteen.Two km² (7.0 mi²). Xviii.Ii kilometer² (Septet.Zero mi²) of these are l& and none of these are covered by a water supply.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 4,806 people, 1,946 family, & 1,266 families living in the city. A population density is 264.3/km² (684.6/mi²). There are 2,291 housing units at an typical density of 126.0/km² (326.4/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is Xc.26% White, 6.58% African American, 0.08% Native American, 2.06% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.15% from other races, and 0.87% from two or more races. Zero.46% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,946 home away from which Thirty.2% use kids under a age of Xviii accept the babies, 42.9% come married couples living together, 18.3% have a female homeowner by using there are no married man present, & 34.9% come non-families. 31.7% of a lot house come manufactured higher of people & Xiii.7% keep close at hand person residing alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical family size is Deuce.Thirty & a typical personal size is Deuce.88.

In a city the people is spread retired using Xxi.9% under a age of Xviii, Octad.5% from either 18 to 2 dozen, Xxviii.0% from either 25 to 44, Xxiii.9% from either 45 to 64, & Seventeen.7% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 39 years. For each Century females there are 85.Captain hicks males. For each Century females age Xviii & all over, there are 82.Tercet males.

the median income for a home in the city is $20,690, & the median income for a personal is $27,226. Males have a median income of $34,398 versus $22,386 for females. A per capita income for the city is $14,782. Thirty.5% of the people & Thirty.9% of families come beneath a poverty line. Away from a number people, 44.3% of people under a age of 18 & 13.9% of people 65 & older come residing beneath a poverty level.

Sources
A City of Hazard's [http://www.cityofhazard.com/ official web site]

Helpful hints to Local Services & businesses: http://www.hazardky.u.s.a./

Pictures & tools just about President Clinton's 1999 visit at [http://www.wsgs.com/visit1.htm Hazard Radio Station WSGS]

Citizens of Hazard pitch around to help hikers of Hurricane Katrina, also at [http://wsgs.com/nightline.htm Radio Station WSGS]

Hazard TV station [http://www.wymtnews.com WYMT], the CBS affiliate