Fleming County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,082. Its county seat is Flemingsburg. The county was formed in 1798 and named for Colonel John Fleming, an Indian fighter and early settler. It is a moist county.

In 1998, the Kentucky General Assembly designated Fleming County as the Covered Bridge Capital of Kentucky.

History

Fleming County was established in 1798 from land given by Mason County. The first courthouse, possibly built of logs, was replaced in 1830 and again in 1952.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.8%) is water.

Adjacent counties

  • Mason County (north)
  • Lewis County (northeast)
  • Rowan County (southeast)
  • Bath County (south)
  • Nicholas County (west)
  • Robertson County (northwest)

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 15,082. The median age was 41.5 years. 24.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 18.6% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 97.2 males age 18 and over.

The racial makeup of the county was 95.4% White, 1.0% Black or African American, 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.1% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, 0.8% from some other race, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race comprised 1.4% of the population.

There were 5,936 households in the county, of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them and 23.7% had a female householder with no spouse or partner present. About 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

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Elected officials

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| colspan="3" |Elected officials as of January 3, 2025

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! scope=row|U.S. House

| |Andy Barr (R)

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! scope=row|Ky. Senate

| |Stephen West (R)

| |27

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! scope=row|Ky. House

| |Matthew Koch (R)

| |72

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Communities

Cities

  • Ewing
  • Flemingsburg

Census-designated place

  • Elizaville

Unincorporated communities

  • Bald Hill
  • Beechburg
  • Blue Bank
  • Colfax
  • Concord
  • Cowan
  • Craintown
  • Dalesburg
  • Fairview
  • Foxport
  • Fox Valley
  • Goddard
  • Grange City
  • Hillsboro
  • Hilltop
  • Johnson Junction
  • Mount Carmel
  • Muses Mills
  • Nepton
  • Pleasureville
  • Plummers Landing
  • Poplar Grove
  • Poplar Plains
  • Ringos Mills
  • Sherburne
  • Tilton
  • Wallingford

Notable residents

  • Herman Chittison, jazz pianist
  • Edward Alvin Clary, US Navy Medal Of Honor Recipient, March 23, 1910
  • Willis A. Gorman, Union Army general during the American Civil War, member of U.S. House of Representatives for Indiana, and territorial governor of Minnesota
  • Claiborne Fox Jackson, Pro-Confederate Missouri governor during the early part of the Civil War
  • Alvin Saunders, United States senator from Nebraska
  • Franklin Sousley, Iwo Jima flagraiser
  • Andrew T. Wood, lawyer and politician

See also

  • Moist county
  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Fleming County, Kentucky

References

  • The Kentucky Highlands Project
  • Welcome to Fleming County