Flatgap, Kentucky

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Population in July 2007: 2,768.

Males: 1,402	(50.7%)
Females: 1,366	(49.3%)

Median resident age:	37.5 years
Kentucky median age:	35.9 years

Zip code: 41219

Estimated median household income in 2007: $29,124 (it was $22,750 in 2000)

Flatgap:	$29,124
Kentucky:	$40,267

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $16,624

Flatgap:	$16,624
Kentucky:	$21,951

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $67,281 (it was $45,300 in 2000)

Flatgap:	$67,281
Kentucky:	$114,300

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $82,539; Detached houses: $93,213; Townhouses or other attached units: $220,449; Mobile homes: $41,663

Flatgap, KY residents, houses, and apartments details

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Races in Flatgap:

White Non-Hispanic (99.1%)

2008 cost of living index in Flatgap: 77.9 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 815 feet

Land area: 67.2 square miles.

Population density: 41 people per square mile

(very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Flatgap

High school or higher: 59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 4.5%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.7%
Unemployed: 18.6%
Mean travel time to work: 35.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Flatgap CCD

Never married: 16.0%
Now married: 66.7%
Separated: 3.1%
Widowed: 8.8%
Divorced: 8.5%

21 residents are foreign born

This place:	0.8%
Kentucky:	2.0%

According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Flatgap, Kentucky in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Flatgap to the number of sex offenders is 2768 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this place is a lot smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Flatgap:	0.7% ($324)
Kentucky:	0.8% ($610)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Huntington, WV (43.6 miles , pop. 51,475).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Lexington-Fayette, KY (85.1 miles , pop. 260,512).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (369.6 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Blaine, KY (2.9 miles ), Paint Creek, KY (2.9 miles ), Nippa, KY (3.0 miles ), Paintsville, KY (3.3 miles ), Oil Springs, KY (3.3 miles ), Isonville, KY (3.7 miles ), Salyersville, KY (3.7 miles ), Adams, KY (3.8 miles ).

Latitude: 37.92 N, Longitude: 82.94 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 606

Most common industries for males (%):

Mining (17%)
Construction (15%)
Truck transportation (8%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Educational services (21%)
Health care (16%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
Accommodation and food services (7%)
Food and beverage stores (7%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Radio, TV, and computer and software, and other electronic stores (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
Electricians (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
Extraction workers (5%)
Construction laborers (5%)
Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Cashiers (12%)
Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (9%)
Registered nurses (6%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
Customer service representatives (6%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)

Flatgap-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Kentucky state average. It is 41% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 4/23/1968, a category 5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 54.2 miles away from the Flatgap place center killed 7 people and injured 93 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 4/8/1965, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 34.6 miles away from the place center injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Flatgap-area historical earthquake activity is near Kentucky state average. It is 81% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 7/27/1980 at 18:52:21, a magnitude 5.2 (5.1 MB, 4.7 MS, 5.0 UK, 5.2 UK, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 58.0 miles away from Flatgap center
On 9/7/1988 at 02:28:09, a magnitude 4.6 (4.5 MB, 4.6 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 53.4 miles away from the city center
On 11/23/2006 at 10:42:57, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.3 LG) earthquake occurred 74.9 miles away from the city center
On 11/2/2006 at 17:53:02, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 75.0 miles away from Flatgap center
On 6/29/1996 at 19:30:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 MB, 3.9 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 74.4 miles away from the city center
On 10/26/1995 at 00:37:28, a magnitude 4.0 (3.9 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 0.6 mi) earthquake occurred 61.1 miles away from Flatgap center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), surface-wave magnitude (MS)

Hospitals/medical centers near Flatgap:

PAUL B HALL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; PAINTSVILLE, KY)
MORGAN COUNTY ARH CRITICAL ACCESS HOSP (about 17 miles; WEST LIBERTY, KY)
THREE RIVERS MEDICAL CENTER (about 20 miles; LOUISA, KY)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Flatgap:

MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY (about 33 miles; MOREHEAD, KY; Full-time enrollment: 6,866)
MARSHALL UNIVERSITY (about 45 miles; HUNTINGTON, WV; FT enrollment: 12,361)
SHAWNEE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 61 miles; PORTSMOUTH, OH; FT enrollment: 2,849)
EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY (about 75 miles; RICHMOND, KY; FT enrollment: 11,214)
WEST VIRGINIA STATE COLLEGE (about 79 miles; INSTITUTE, WV; FT enrollment: 3,688)
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 85 miles; RICHLANDS, VA; FT enrollment: 2,412)
UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY (about 86 miles; LEXINGTON, KY; FT enrollment: 20,492)

Public elementary/middle school in Flatgap:

Flat Gap Elementary School (Location: 1450 KY Rt 689; Grades: KG - 6)

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Notable location: Fish Trap (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Churches in Flatgap include: Old Little Paint Church (A), Low Gap Church (B), Old Cold Springs United Baptist Church (C), Ramey Branch Church (D), Point Pleasant Church (E), Old Bethel Church (F), Oil Springs Church (G), Piegon Church (H), Christian Union Enterprise Baptist Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Sparks Cemetery (1), Salyers Cemetery (2), Wheeler Cemetery (3). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Beech Branch (A), Nat Pickle Fork (B), Big Mine Fork (C), Biglick Branch (D), Blanton Branch (E), Noisy Branch (F), Brier Fork (G), Oil Branch (H), Buckhorn Branch (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Flatgap: Paintsville Lake Wildlife Area (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Manila Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Flatgap and their reported violations in the past:

CAMP CALEB INC (Population served: 200, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In FEB-1997, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (MAR-31-1997), St Public Notif requested (MAR-31-1997), St Public Notif received (APR-10-1997), St Compliance achieved (APR-10-1997)

Past monitoring violations:

One routine major monitoring violation

2 minor monitoring violations

2 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:

This place:	2.6 people
Kentucky:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This place:	68.3%
Whole state:	69.4%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This place:	3.4%
Whole state:	4.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	27.7%
Whole state:	15.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This place:	6.9%
Whole state:	6.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Flatgap, KY

Flatgap compared to Kentucky state average:

Median household income significantly below state average.
Median house value significantly below state average.
Unemployed percentage significantly above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
House age significantly below state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Johnson County Kentucky:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Electricity (50%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%) Utility gas (7%) Coal or coke (5%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%) Wood (2%) Other fuel (2%)

Religion statistics for Flatgap

Adherents

Name	National Association of Free Will Baptists	Southern Baptist Convention	Enterprise Baptists Association	International Pentecostal Church of Christ	United Methodist Church
Adherents	33.5%	14.1%	10.3%	9.4%	9.2%
Congregations	33.9%	4.8%	14.5%	3.2%	4.8%

Name	Christian Churches and Churches of Christ	Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)	Churches of Christ	Catholic Church	Other religions
Adherents	6.0%	5.4%	5.4%	2.9%	3.9%
Congregations	4.8%	9.7%	12.9%	1.6%	9.7%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

6.08% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,929 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.08%
Kentucky average:	6.98%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Floyd County, KY	1.39% ($40,617 average AGI)
from Magoffin County, KY	0.46% ($41,710)
from Lawrence County, KY	0.44% ($26,700)

5.63% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($37,688 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.63%
Kentucky average:	6.74%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Floyd County, KY	0.75% ($32,940 average AGI)
to Lawrence County, KY	0.42% ($27,714)
to Pike County, KY	0.42% ($34,714)

Strongest AM radio stations in Flatgap:

WKYH (600 AM; 5 kW; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: HIGHLANDS BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WPRT (960 AM; 5 kW; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY RADIO NETWORK, INC.)
WDOC (1310 AM; 5 kW; PRESTONSBURG, KY)
WTVN (610 AM; 50 kW; COLUMBUS, OH; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
WMTC (730 AM; 5 kW; VANCLEVE, KY; Owner: THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN HOLINESS ASSN.)
WEKG (810 AM; daytime; 5 kW; JACKSON, KY; Owner: INTERMOUNTAIN B/CING CO., INC.)
WGOH (1370 AM; 5 kW; GRAYSON, KY; Owner: CARTER COUNTY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WLW (700 AM; 50 kW; CINCINNATI, OH; Owner: JACOR BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WSIP (1490 AM; 1 kW; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: S.I.P. BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WRLV (1140 AM; daytime; 1 kW; SALYERSVILLE, KY; Owner: WALLINGFORD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC)
WVHU (800 AM; 5 kW; HUNTINGTON, WV; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WLSI (900 AM; 5 kW; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WRVC (930 AM; 5 kW; HUNTINGTON, WV; Owner: FIFTH AVENUE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Flatgap:

WKLW-FM (94.7 FM; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: B & G BROADCASTING, INC.)
WSIP-FM (98.9 FM; PAINTSVILLE, KY; Owner: SIP BROADCASTING, INC.)
WQHY (95.5 FM; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: WDOC, INC.)
WRLV-FM (106.5 FM; SALYERSVILLE, KY; Owner: WALLINGFORD BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WMKY (90.3 FM; MOREHEAD, KY; Owner: MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY)
WXLR (104.9 FM; HAROLD, KY; Owner: ADAM D GEARHEART)
WSGS (101.1 FM; HAZARD, KY; Owner: MOUNTAIN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
WZQQ (97.9 FM; HYDEN, KY; Owner: LESLIE COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WJSN-FM (106.5 FM; JACKSON, KY; Owner: INTERMOUNTAIN BROADCASTING CO.)
WDHR (93.1 FM; PIKEVILLE, KY; Owner: EAST KENTUCKY BROADCASTING CORP.)
WXKZ-FM (105.3 FM; PRESTONSBURG, KY; Owner: ADAM GEARHEART D/B/A WXLR-FM)
WDGG (93.7 FM; ASHLAND, KY; Owner: FIFTH AVENUE B/CASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WMDJ-FM (100.1 FM; ALLEN, KY; Owner: FLOYD COUNTY BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WBMK (88.5 FM; MOREHEAD, KY; Owner: AMERICAN FAMILY ASSOCIATION)
WZAQ (92.3 FM; LOUISA, KY; Owner: LOUISA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WLKS-FM (102.9 FM; WEST LIBERTY, KY; Owner: MORGAN COUNTY INDUSTRIES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Flatgap:

W26BK (Channel 26; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WUPX-TV (Channel 67; MOREHEAD, KY; Owner: PAXSON LEXINGTON LICENSE, INC.)
W16BI (Channel 16; TALBERT, KY; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
WKMR (Channel 38; MOREHEAD, KY; Owner: KENTUCKY AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TV)

Fatal accident statistics for 1975 - 2008 (per 100,000 population)

Flatgap, Kentucky:

Fatal accident count: 1
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 1
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: -1
Fatalities: 1
Persons involved in fatal accidents: -1
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: -1

Kentucky average:

Fatal accident count: 72
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 112
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 20
Fatalities: 78
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 190
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 7

Flatgap fatal accident list:
Aug 17, 2008 08:30 AM, Sr-172, Lat: 37.865164, Lon: -82.863864, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Pedestrians: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Jun 2, 2007 06:15 AM, Sr-172, Lat: 37.846697, Lon: -82.858972, Vehicles: 2, Fatalities: 1
Apr 2, 2005 04:44 AM, Sr-201, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Jul 4, 2005 07:15 AM, Sr-172, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 3, Fatalities: 1
Feb 20, 2004 02:30 AM, Franks Creek, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1
Mar 24, 1995 03:20 AM, 172, Vehicles: 2, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2, Drunken drivers: 1

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 11 meters (36ft)
Total average daily traffic: 3,320
Total average daily truck traffic: 596
Total future (year 2027) average daily traffic: 4,548

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

MIXED FOREST TANK, Mixed Forest Tank - 0.26mi Ne Of Sr1092 & Fox Hunters Rdg Rd Junction, Type: Tank, Structure height: 15.2 m, Call Sign: WQGN735
Assigned Frequencies : 173.312 MHz
Grant Date: 03/12/2007, Expiration Date: 03/12/2017, Certifier: Larry D Herald
Registrant: Micro-Comm, Inc., 15895 S. Pflumm Road, Olathe, KS 66062, Phone: (913) 390-4500, Fax: (913) 390-4550, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 1

Call Sign: WB4TRS, Previous Call Sign: , Licensee ID: L00783001
Grant Date: 12/21/2005, Expiration Date: 03/20/2016, Certifier: Timothy L Coleman
Registrant: Timothy L Coleman, 2225 Rt 1624, Flatgap, KY 41219

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