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Bourbon County

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Bourbon County, Kansas
210 S National Ave
Fort Scott, KS 66701
Phone: (620) 223-3800
Fax: (620) 223-5832
www.bourboncountyks.org

On the southeastern border of KS; original county; organized Aug 25, 1855 (prior to statehood). Name Origin: For Bourbon County, KY, former home of Samuel A. Willliams, a member of the first KS legislature.

Area (sq mi): 638.82 (land 637.09; water 1.73). Pop per sq mi: 23.50.
Pop 2005: 14,997. State rank: 34. Pop change: 2000-20005 -2.50%; 1990-2000 2.80%. Pop 2000: 15,379 (White 93.30%; Black or African American 3.10%; Hispanic or Latino 1.30%; Asian 0.40%; Other 2.40%). Foreign born: 0.70%. Median age: 38.00.
Income 2000: per capita $16,393; median household $31,199; Pop below poverty level: 13.50%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $20,662-$23,129.
Unemployment 2004: 5.70%. Change from 2000: 1.00%. Median travel time to work: 19.50 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 14.50%.

Cities with population over 10,000: None.


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Bourbon County, Kentucky
301 Main St Suite 106
Paris, KY 40361
Phone: (859) 987-2142
Fax: (859) 987-5660
www.parisky.com

In north-central KY, northeast of Lexington; organized May 1, 1786 (prior to statehood) from Fayette County. Name Origin: For the French royal family that ruled in France, Spain, and Naples from the latter 1500s until the 1900s.

Area (sq mi): 291.66 (land 291.43; water 0.23). Pop per sq mi: 68.10.
Pop 2005: 19,833. State rank: 56. Pop change: 2000-20005 2.40%; 1990-2000 0.60%. Pop 2000: 19,360 (White 89.30%; Black or African American 6.90%; Hispanic or Latino 2.60%; Asian 0.10%; Other 2.50%). Foreign born: 2.00%. Median age: 37.60.
Income 2000: per capita $18,335; median household $35,038; Pop below poverty level: 14.00%. *Personal per capita income 2000-2003: $28,984-$28,532.
Unemployment 2004: 4.60%. Change from 2000: 0.40%. Median travel time to work: 25.50 minutes. Working outside county of residence: 47.70%.

Cities with population over 10,000: None.


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Bourbon was invented as a way to circumvent taxes on corn, a crop better suited to the lands pioneered by colonists pushing over the Allegheny Mountains into what was to become Bourbon County and later Ohio.
Maybe that's why Kentucky, the state that brings you bourbon, has more dry counties (49) than wet ones (30), although the wet ones include Bourbon county and, mercifully, Jefferson county, the home of Louisville.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Goose Island Brewing Company recalls that when it introduced Bourbon County Stout for judging at the 1992 Great American Beer Festival it was promptly disqualified.
 
 
 
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