Butler County Industrial Reports for Kentucky Counties
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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Butler County Industrial Reports for Kentucky Counties 1980 Industrial Resources: Butler County - Morgantown Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/butler_cty Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Growth and Development Commons, and the Infrastructure Commons Recommended Citation Kentucky Library Research Collections, "Industrial Resources: Butler County - Morgantown" (1980). Butler County. Paper 7. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/butler_cty/7 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Butler County by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. i 4 r INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES KOReAHTOWH '\*.£ DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE V IVlORGANTOWN, KENTUCKY — Site No. 180 — 50 Acres For more information contact Charles Black, Mayor, City of Morgantown, Morgantown, Kentucky 42261, or the Kentucky Department of Commerce,Industrial Development Division. Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort, Kentucky 4Q6Q1. Water Tank 300,000 gallons station A. Kellwood Company B. Morgantown Manufacturing Co. ^ LOCATION: Within southwest city limits 1 ZONING: None y HIGHWAY ACCESS: KY 70 adjacent to northwest boundary; Green ^ / River Parkway interchange approximately 1.9 miles southeast of T site via KY 70 and KY 1468; site has good visible exposure from parkway RAILROAD: Not rail served WATER: Morgantown Water System Size Line: 12-inch line located approximately 350 feet north of site across KY 70 NATURAL GAS: Natural gas service presently not available ELECTRICITY: Warren RECC SEWERAGE: Morgantown Water System • Sewer Division Lift station located approximately 100 feet north of site across KY 70 \ OWNERSHIP: City of Morgantown ' SCALE: 1 inch = 1,320feetory4mile CONTOUR INTERVAL: 10 feet '-'"® BASE: USGS 7.5 minute series - 1973 INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES MORGANTOWN, KENTUCKY Prepared by The Kentucky Department of Commerce in cooperation with The City of Morgantown 1980 Program supervisor - Pamela Riley; research - John McMurray; clerical - Jody Allphin; graphics - Frank Ferrante, Tony Cecconi, Richard Spencer; cartography - Industrial Development Division. Cost of printing paid from state funds. IV TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page INDUSTRIAL SITES i SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES - MORGANTOWN, KENTUCKY 1 THE LABOR MARKET AREA 6 Population 6 Labor Force Characteristics of Residents, 1978 6 Morgantown Manufacturing Firms, Their Products and Employment 7 Labor Organizations 7 Industrial Services 7 Estimated Male Labor Supply 8 Estimated Female Labor Supply 8 Average Weekly Wages by Industry, by Place of Work, 1978 9 Per Capita Personal Income 11 TRANSPORTATION 12 Rail 12 Highways 12 Truck Service 13 Air . 14 Bus 15 Rental Services 15 Water 15 POWER AND FUEL 16 Electricity 16 Natural Gas 17 Other Fuels 17 WATER AND SEWERAGE 18 Water 18 Sewerage 20 CLIMATE 21 Page Chapter LOCAL GOVERNMENT 22 City County rpr. Assessed Value of Property ^ Property Taxes Combined State and Local Rates Per $100 Valuation, 1979 . 23 Utilities Gross Receipts Tax for Schools Planning and Zoning Safety Police f Rescue Service "y. Refuse Collection and Disposal EDUCATION Public Schools Area Colleges and Universities " Vocational Schools oo HEALTH Local Medical Personnel Hospitals «q Other Medical Facilities Ambulance Service Public Health OTHER LOCAL FACILITIES 30 Communications Library Services ^ Religious Institutions Financial Institutions . .' Hotels and Motels Clubs and Organizations RECREATION COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS VI S^r\i r^^-^.iP. ' ilt rJ". fij' RGANTOWN ' V^'|j^?^^£i '.£^']/^i3 ''vrn 1979 EDITION GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BUTLER COUNTY KENTUCKY Me»AMO 9T THC 'L" ^XTV'^Sf.''^^rTv- ^ro7« IK^. ""^ tfxi ^ r L.. /\- ^X ^ KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 15«<-rTt LIcil) OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIVISION OF FACILITIES PLANNING »N COOPERATION *ITH THC 1.1 S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION MORGANTOWN LABOR MARKET AREA With MAJOR HIGHWAY & RAILROAD SYSTEM •iLooisvilley Shaded area denotes Labor Market Area 1 K IE R S\ 0 :7 \ Shepherdsvill^ ^Howesville \M £^A D E ^HANCOCK ( ensboro \ Hordimborfl^ 'HENDEF?iSON^ \BRECKIhARi D6E/ Bizobetht 0 A V Ul ^ S S / -•V /W EBSTEI^I /A Calhoun 0 \H \ 0^ 7s'^ Dtxon ^Mc LEAN 7' Leitchfi^ Hartford \ \ S 0 N '■ > , tlEWTUOy \ " ( > H gxp K I^NIS , ^,itunfordvilie f _ \- , 7 efu T L E H \ !I Groeneburfl' STEBw ^ ® V VMoryintown \ VB_rewn»ville _J Greenville i / \r^v\ 7 I Princeton j \ IJlOl) ^ V (431 v-l 1 j lGIosqow w / \w av^Cr\/r e h^ jI G A N 8 A/? R E Codizx [ HopkinsviileJr TOGO / Vj Elkton Russeilvill^ ^ J I 7 S I M H S ^ 'Scoltsville Y' M 0 N R 0 E j .4^^ I,/ f ^ I ^ L^L_ E N TompkinsviHe SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES MORGANTOWN, KENTUCKY LOCATION Ohio Indiana West Virginia Illinois MORGANTOWN Virginia Missouri Road Distance in MUes: Atlanta 327 Baltimore 699 Chicago 179 Detroit ?S0 New York 861 St. Louis m POPULATION City of Morgantown, 1977 1,360 Butler County, 1978 10,600 Labor Market Area, 1978 % Nonwhite, Butler County, 1978 180,200 0.6 LABOR ANALYSIS Labor Market Area - Butler, Edmonson, Gravson, Loqan, Muhlenbera. Ohin and Warren Counties ^ ^ Estimated available workers from labor market area, 1978: Male 6,922 Female 6,288 Unemployment rate, 1978 Labor Market Area 4.9% Butler County 6.2% Muhlenberg County 5.4% Edmonson County 9.2% Ohio County 4.1% Grayson County 6.0% Warren County 0"% Logan County 4.7% Total_ employment, Butler County, 1978 - 3,747 Manufacturing employment in labor market area, 1978 - 16,293 Major local manufacturing plants: Name Employment Kane Industries, Inc. #3 225 Kellwood Company 343 Labor unions in local manufacturing plants: None INDUSTRIAL SERVICES Miles Location Distant Tool & Die, Machine ,. ./ 4. i oc & Pattern Shops Bowling Green, Kentucky 25 Metal Service Centers Bowling Green, Kentu^y 25 Heat Treating Nashville, Tennepee Metal Finishers Hartford, Kentucky 22 Electric Motor Repair Bowling Green, Kentucky ^ TRANSPORTATION Rail: Nearest rail service - Louisville and Nashville Railroad fireen. 25 miles to thp goutheast. and Illinois Central Gulf Railroad at Beaver Dam, 18 miles to the northwest Distance to nearest piggyback - 25jnile£ Highways: Nearest Interstate - 1-65. 28 miles southwest Parkway - Green River Parkway - U.S. Highway - U.S. 231 Truck: Number of interstate motor carriers - 6; Local terminals - 0 Air: Nearest scheduled airline service - Nashville Metropolitan Airport Distance - 91 miles; Airlines serving - American, Braniff, Delta, Eastern, Ozark, Piedmont, Southern, TWA and USAir plus five commuter air carriers Nearest local airport - Morgantown Municipal Airport Distance - 2 miles; Runway length - 2,750 feet 2. Water: Nearest navigable river - Green River Nearest public port - Owensboro; Distance - 48 miles UTILITIES AND SERVICES Electricity: Local distributor - Warren RECC Source of power - Tennessee Valley Authority Natural Gas: Local distributor - Morgantown Gas System Source of supply - Midwestern Gas Transmission Company Available for new industry - ^ Other Fuels: Number of area propane distributors - ^ Number of area distillate fuel oil distributors - 7 Water, treated: Local supplier - Municipal Excess municipal system capacity - 72,000 qpd Storage capacity - 450,000 gallons Expansions planned - Yes Water, raw: Source for industrial use - Green River Sewer: Excess treatment capacity - None Planned expansions - Yes CLIMATE Temperature, Normal - 56.0 degrees F. Precipitation, Normal - 41.88 inches Snowfall, Mean Annual - 13.9 inches Prevailing winds - South-southwest Relative humidity (%) - 6 a.m. 81; 6 p.m. 62 3. GOVERNMENT Type - Mayor-City Council Police personnel - full-time - ^ Fire department personnel - volunteer Fire insurance rating (A.I.A.)» class - Inside city - Outside city - 10 TAXES Property taxes: Combined state and local rates per $100 valuation, 1979 (100^ assessment) Inside City Outside of Morqantown City $0,607 1. Land and buildings $0,857 2. Mfg. machinery, raw materials, goods in process, pollution control equipment 0.150 0.150 3. Finished goods, office equip ment, vehicles, other tangibles 1.028 0.778 4. Intangibles (accounts receivable, notes, bonds, etc.) 0.250 0.250 5. Leaseholds in I.R. bond financed plants 0.015 0.015 Special local taxes: Net profits tax - One percent Utilities tax - 3% of electric, gas, water, sewer, telephone services EDUCATION Nearest state vocational-technical school - Bowling Green State Vocational-Technical School at Bowling Green, 25 miles away Nearest area vocational education center - Russellville Area Vocational Education Center at Russellville, 31 mi^es away Nparpst. college or university - Western Kentucky Univerity at Bowling Green, 25 miles away Public Schools: High school enrollment - 668; Student/teacher ratio - 20-1 Elementary school enrollment - 1,638; Student/teacher ratio - 19-1 MEDICAL Number of physicians locally - Number of dentists locally - ^ _ Hospitals - Bowling Green-Warren County Hospital and Greenview Hospital at Bowling Green, 25 miles away; Total number of beds - £j5 4. COMMUNICATIONS Local newspaper - The Green River Republican - Weekly Local radio station - WLBQ-AM Television reception - Bowling Green, Louisville and Paducah, Kentucky; Evansville, Indiana; Nashville, Tennessee RELIGIOUS FACILITIES Churches - 1^; Synagogues - Owensboro, 48 miles away FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Banks - 2\ Total