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Country
  
United States

County
  
FIPS code
  
21-04816

Elevation
  
275 m

Zip code
  
40006

Population
  
609 (2013)

State
  
Kentucky

Time zone
  
Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)

GNIS feature ID
  
0486653

Area
  
100 ha

Local time
  
Wednesday 10:35 AM

Area code
  
502

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Weather
  
13°C, Wind S at 16 km/h, 80% Humidity

Bedford is a 6th-class city in Trimble County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 677 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Trimble County.

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Map of Bedford, KY 40006, USA

It is located at the junction of U.S. Routes 42 and 421. It was named for Bedford, Virginia, former home of the first settler, Richard Bell, who built a house near what he called Bedford Spring in 1805. The town was founded in 1816 and first incorporated in 1850. Following its loss of city status, it was reïncorporated in 1946.

Geography

Bedford is located at 38°35′31″N 85°19′02″W.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km2), all land.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 677 people, 282 households, and 183 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,690.3 people per square mile (653.5/km²). There were 297 housing units at an average density of 741.5 per square mile (286.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.93% White, 0.15% African American, 1.77% from other races, and 0.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.36% of the population.

There were 282 households out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.4% were married couples living together, 20.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.1% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.96.

In the city, the population was spread out with 28.5% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 17.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 89.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 74.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,528, and the median income for a family was $36,250. Males had a median income of $30,341 versus $22,188 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,818. About 12.9% of families and 15.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.3% of those under age 18 and 7.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

Bedford, Kentucky Wikipedia


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