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Taylorsville, Kentucky



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  • City Description

    Taylorsville is a city in Spencer County, Kentucky, United States. It is the county seat of Spencer County. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 1,009. It was incorporated in 1829. Taylorsville was founded in 1799 on the land of Richard Taylor. Roughly 60 acres (240,000 m) of land was taken by the Shelby County Court on Taylor's motion, and soon the town was named after Taylor himself. In 1814 the town of Taylorsville was admitted to record by the Spencer County Court. William Quantrill, the famous Confederate guerrilla raider, was killed by Union troops near the town in 1865, just before the end of the American Civil War. Taylorsville is located at 38°2′5″N 85°20′38″W / 38.03472, -85.34389 (38.034837, -85.343797). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.9 km²), all of it land. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,009 people, 427 households, and 234 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,383.4 people per square mile (533.7/km²). There were 479 housing units at an average density of 656.7/sq mi (253.3/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.09% White, 7.83% African American,

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    City Contained By:

    • Spencer County
    • Kentucky

    Timezones:

    • North American Eastern Time Zone

    Size:

    • 1.81299167724 km squared

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