Cecilia, Kentucky

Cecilia, Kentucky
Census-designated place
Cecilia is located in Kentucky
Cecilia
Cecilia
Cecilia is located in the United States
Cecilia
Cecilia
Coordinates: 37°39′57″N 85°57′24″W / 37.66583°N 85.95667°W / 37.66583; -85.95667
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyHardin
Area
[1]
 • Total
1.44 sq mi (3.72 km2)
 • Land1.43 sq mi (3.71 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.02 km2)
Elevation
705 ft (215 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
575
 • Density401.82/sq mi (155.12/km2)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (EST)
ZIP code
42724
Area code(s)270 & 364
FIPS code21-13636
GNIS feature ID489160[2]

Cecilia is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States. It is located 6 miles (10 km) west of Elizabethtown, the county seat. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 575, stagnant from the 2010 census population of 572.[3]

The town was formerly called "Cecilian Junction" because of its location at the junction of the Illinois Central Railroad's Louisville-Paducah main line and its branch to Hodgenville. (The line now belongs to the Paducah and Louisville Railway, and the branch is now truncated to Elizabethtown.) The community is part of the Elizabethtown–Fort Knox Metropolitan Statistical Area, and a significant part of the area served by the Cecilia post office is now within the Elizabethtown city limits.

Kentucky Route 86 runs through the town, ending just south of the town at an intersection with U.S. Route 62.

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
2010572—
20205750.5%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

Notable person

Cecilia is the home of Ron Lewis, who represented Kentucky's 2nd congressional district in the United States Congress between 1994 and 2009.[5]

References

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cecilia, Kentucky
  3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Cecilia CDP, Kentucky". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 27, 2017.[dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
  5. ^ The Almanac of American Politics, 2000 pg. 678


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