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Kuttawa, Kentucky
Kuttawa locally /kəˈtɑːwə/ is a home rule-class city in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 649 as of the 2010 census, up from 596 in 2000.
Former Ohio governor Charles Anderson founded the town on land he purchased in 1866. Originally spelled "Cuttawa" and "Kittawa", Kuttawa seems to have been the name of a Cherokee village near the site, whose meaning is a matter of dispute: it has been variously translated as "beautiful", "city in the woods", and "great wilderness". The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1872, the same year it received its post office.
In the early 1960s, the Tennessee Valley Authority constructed a dam across the Cumberland River at Grand Rivers, forming Lake Barkley. Eddyville and Kuttawa were both moved from their original locations owing to the impounded lake.
Kuttawa is located in north-central Lyon County and is bordered to the east by Eddyville and to the south by Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River, just upstream from Barkley Dam. The city is concentrated primarily in an area adjacent to the western intersection of U.S. Route 62 and Kentucky Route 295, though its municipal boundaries extend southwestward along US 62 and Kentucky Route 810, northeastward to the intersection of US 62 and the merged Interstate 24/Interstate 69, and along KY 295 as it follows the lakeshore to its eastern intersection with US 62.
The Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area lies along the lakeshore opposite Kuttawa. Mineral Mound State Park borders the city to the east. Both Barkley Dam and Kentucky Dam (the latter of which impounds the Tennessee River) are located southwest of Kuttawa. By highway, Kuttawa is 32 miles (51 km) east of Paducah, 42 miles (68 km) northwest of Hopkinsville, and 46 miles (74 km) southwest of Madisonville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Kuttawa has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2), of which 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) are land and 0.81 square miles (2.1 km2), or 27.40%, are water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 596 people, 220 households, and 157 families residing in the city. The population density was 307.1 inhabitants per square mile (118.6/km2). There were 317 housing units at an average density of 163.3 per square mile (63.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.14% White, 2.52% African American, 0.84% Native American, and 0.50% from two or more races.
There were 220 households, of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.61.
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Kuttawa, Kentucky
Kuttawa locally /kəˈtɑːwə/ is a home rule-class city in Lyon County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 649 as of the 2010 census, up from 596 in 2000.
Former Ohio governor Charles Anderson founded the town on land he purchased in 1866. Originally spelled "Cuttawa" and "Kittawa", Kuttawa seems to have been the name of a Cherokee village near the site, whose meaning is a matter of dispute: it has been variously translated as "beautiful", "city in the woods", and "great wilderness". The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1872, the same year it received its post office.
In the early 1960s, the Tennessee Valley Authority constructed a dam across the Cumberland River at Grand Rivers, forming Lake Barkley. Eddyville and Kuttawa were both moved from their original locations owing to the impounded lake.
Kuttawa is located in north-central Lyon County and is bordered to the east by Eddyville and to the south by Lake Barkley, an impoundment of the Cumberland River, just upstream from Barkley Dam. The city is concentrated primarily in an area adjacent to the western intersection of U.S. Route 62 and Kentucky Route 295, though its municipal boundaries extend southwestward along US 62 and Kentucky Route 810, northeastward to the intersection of US 62 and the merged Interstate 24/Interstate 69, and along KY 295 as it follows the lakeshore to its eastern intersection with US 62.
The Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area lies along the lakeshore opposite Kuttawa. Mineral Mound State Park borders the city to the east. Both Barkley Dam and Kentucky Dam (the latter of which impounds the Tennessee River) are located southwest of Kuttawa. By highway, Kuttawa is 32 miles (51 km) east of Paducah, 42 miles (68 km) northwest of Hopkinsville, and 46 miles (74 km) southwest of Madisonville.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city of Kuttawa has a total area of 3.0 square miles (7.8 km2), of which 2.2 square miles (5.7 km2) are land and 0.81 square miles (2.1 km2), or 27.40%, are water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 596 people, 220 households, and 157 families residing in the city. The population density was 307.1 inhabitants per square mile (118.6/km2). There were 317 housing units at an average density of 163.3 per square mile (63.1/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.14% White, 2.52% African American, 0.84% Native American, and 0.50% from two or more races.
There were 220 households, of which 24.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 5.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.2% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.61.