Paducah, Kentucky

Paducah
Broadway, Paducah Downtown Commercial District
Broadway, Paducah Downtown Commercial District
Flag of Paducah
Official seal of Paducah
Location of Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky
Location of Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky
Paducah is located in Kentucky
Paducah
Paducah
Paducah is located in the United States
Paducah
Paducah
Coordinates: 37°4′20″N 88°37′39″W / 37.07222°N 88.62750°W / 37.07222; -88.62750
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMcCracken
Settledc. 1821[1]
Established1830[2]
Incorporated1838[2]
Named forthe Chickasaw Tribe[3]
Government
 • TypeCouncil-Manager
 • MayorGeorge Bray
 • City ManagerDaron E. Jordan [4]
Area
 • City20.75 sq mi (53.74 km2)
 • Land20.30 sq mi (52.59 km2)
 • Water0.45 sq mi (1.15 km2)
Elevation
341 ft (104 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • City27,137
 • Estimate 
(2023)[6]
27,205
 • Density1,336.60/sq mi (516.06/km2)
 • Metro
103,481
DemonymPaducahan
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
42001-42002-42003
Area code(s)270 & 364
FIPS code21-58836
GNIS feature ID0500106
Websitepaducahky.gov

Paducah (/pəˈdkə/ pə-DOO-kə) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States.[7] The largest city in the Jackson Purchase region, it is located in the Southeastern United States at the confluence of the Tennessee and the Ohio rivers, halfway between St. Louis, Missouri, to the northwest and Nashville, Tennessee, to the southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,137,[8] up from 25,024 in 2010.[9] Twenty blocks of the city's downtown have been designated as a historic district and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Paducah is the principal city of the Paducah metropolitan area, which includes McCracken, Ballard, Carlisle and Livingston counties in Kentucky and Massac County in Illinois. The total population of the metro area was 103,481 in 2020. The Paducah–Mayfield combined statistical area had a total population of 140,138.

  1. ^ University of Kentucky. Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer, "Paducah". Accessed September 24, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Paducah, Kentucky". Accessed September 24, 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ren was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "City Manager". PaducahKy.Gov. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  6. ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2023". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
  7. ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
  8. ^ "Population and Housing Unit Estimates". Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.

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