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Edmonton is a home rule-class city [4] in and the county seat of Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. [5] It is part of the Glasgow Micropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 1,671 at the 2020 census .
Its county seat and only municipality is Edmonton. [1] The county was founded in May 1860 and named for Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of Kentucky from 1828 to 1832. [2] [3] Metcalfe County is part of the Glasgow, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Bowling Green-Glasgow, KY Combined Statistical Area.
KY 70 is the primary west to east route, traversing the width of the county. KY 259 enters Edmonson County at the border with Grayson County, near the town of Bee Spring. The highway continues on, bridging the Green River (the only bridge over the river in Edmonson County), before intersecting with KY 101.
Kentucky population density by census tract (2010), showing the concentration of settlement around Jefferson, Fayette and Kenton counties. The two-class system went into effect on January 1, 2015, following the 2014 passage of House Bill 331 by the Kentucky General Assembly and the bill's signing into law by Governor Steve Beshear.
Kentucky Route 3524 (KY 3524) is an urban secondary state route located entirely in Metcalfe County in South Central Kentucky. It runs between U.S. Route 68 (US 68) and KY 80 on the north side of Edmonton , providing access to the city's industrial park.
In 2023, Kentucky's Supreme Court upheld Republican-drawn boundaries for the state's congressional districts, finding that while the map represented a partisan gerrymander by the Republican-controlled legislature, the state's constitution does not "explicitly forbid"’ the advancement of partisan interests through redistricting.
In 1987, Democratic Governor Wallace Wilkinson appointed him to fill a vacancy on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. He held that position until his retirement in 2004. [4] Emberton resided in Edmonton, the seat of Metcalfe County in southern Kentucky. On October 20, 2022, his home caught fire.
The Metcalfe County Kentucky Courthouse, on Public Square in Edmonton, Kentucky, was built in 1868–69. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [1] The courthouse is a two-story common bond brick structure, Italianate in style. It was deemed significant as "one of the oldest courthouses still standing in south ...