Monroe County Industrial Reports for Kentucky Counties
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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Monroe County Industrial Reports for Kentucky Counties 1979 Industrial Resources: Monroe County - Tompkinsville and Gamaliel Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/monroe_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: Monroe County - Tompkinsville and Gamaliel" (1979). Monroe County. Paper 7. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/monroe_cty/7 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Monroe County by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 17^ r INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES TOMPKINSVILLE GAMALIEL DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE J TOMPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY — Site No. 179 — 37 Acres For more information contact Carol C. Moore, 100 North Main Street, Tompkinsville, Kentucky 42167 or the Kentucky Department of Commerce, Industrial Development Division, Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. (fd m m 400.000 gallons v_/ LOCATION: Within southeast city limits Existing Industries ZONING: Not zoned HIGHWAY ACCESS: Paved county road adjacent to southwest A.RED KAP INDUSTRIES boundary; Kentucky 100 approximately 0.6 mile north B.STEPHENS MFG. CO. O RAILROAD; Not rail served C.CUDAHY FOODS CO. WATER : City of Tompkinsville Water and Sewer Co. D.KEY INDUSTRIES, INC. Size Line: 12-inch line on site GAS: Natural gas service presently not available ELECTRICITY: Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation SEWERAGE: City of Tompkinsville Water and Sewer Co. Size Line: 8-inch line on site OWNERSHIP: City of Tompkinsville SCALE: 1 inch = 1500 feet UTILITIES CONTOUR INTERVAL: 20 feet ■ Water Lirte BASE: USGS 7.5 minute series - 1954 _ _ Sewer Line GAMALIEL, KENTUCKY — Site No. 179 — 30 Acres For more information contact Morris Carder, Chairman, Gamaliel Industrial Foundation, P. 0. Box 145, Gamaliel, Ken tucky 42140, or the Industrial Development Division, Department of Commerce, Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort, Ken tucky 40801. w, LOCATION: Adjacent to western city limits ;>ZONING: Not zoned -HIGHWAY ACCESS: KY 87 along northern boundary of site 'RAl LROAD: Not rail served sWATER: Monroe County Water District J ; Size Line: 6-inch line approximately 900 feet east of site along KY87 GAS: Natural gas service presently not available -ELECTRICITY: Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation ^7; .■SEWERAGE: Sewerage service not available OWNERSHIP: Private \\!v! \\ City Limits 'dam^jo m 0 0 , /: 182,000 gallon standpipe City Limits SCALE: 1 inch = 1320 feet (1/4 mile) \ CONTOUR INTERVAL: 20 feet BASE USGS 7.5 minute series • 1954 Existing Industries UTILITIES A. GAMALIEL APPAREL CO. Water Line B. STITCHES. INC. INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES TOMPKINSVILLE AND GAMALIEL. KENTUCKY Prepared by The Kentucky Department of Commerce Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with The Tompkinsville Chamber of Commerce and The City of Gamaliel 1979 - -.v -?'• Program supervisor - Pamela Riley; research - John McMurray; clerical - Sharon Mills and Linda Pint; graphics - Frank Ferrante, Tony Cecconi, Richard Spencer; cartography - Industrial Development Division. Cost of printing paid from state funds. IV TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter INDUSTRIAL SITES i SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES - TOMPKINSVILLE AND GAMALIEL, KENTUCKY 1 THE LABOR MARKET AREA 7 Population 7 Labor Force Characteristics of Residents, 1978 7 Major Tompkinsville and Gamaliel Manufacturing Firms, Their Products and Employment 8 Labor Organizations 8 Industrial Services 9 Estimated Male Labor Supply 10 Estimated Female Labor Supply 10 Average Weekly Wages by Industry, by Place of Work, 1978 11 Per Capita Personal Income 13 TRANSPORTATION 14 Rail 14 Highways 14 Truck Service 14 Air 16 Taxi 17 Rental Services 17 POWER AND FUEL 18 Electricity 18 Natural Gas 18 Other Fuels 19 WATER AND SEWERAGE 20 Water 20 Sewerage 22 CLIMATE 23 Chapter Page LOCAL GOVERNMENT 24 City 24 County 24 Assessed Value of Property, 1979 24 Property Taxes 25 Combined State and Local Rates Per $100 Valuation, 1979 . 25 Utilities Gross Receipts Tax for Schools 26 Planning and Zoning 26 Safety 26 Police 26 Fire 26 Rescue Service 26 Refuse Collection and Disposal 27 EDUCATION 28 Public Schools 28 Area Colleges and Universities 29 Vocational Schools 30 HEALTH 32 Local Medical Personnel 32 Hospitals 32 Other Medical Facilities 32 Ambulance Service 32 Public Health 32 OTHER LOCAL FACILITIES 33 Communications 33 Library Services 34 Religious Institutions 34 Financial Institutions 35 Hotels and Motels 35 Clubs and Organizations 35 RECREATION 36 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS 38 VI 1979 EDITION GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP MONROE COUNTY KENTUCKY PREPARED 8Y THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIVISION OF FACILITIES PLANNING IN COOPERATION WITH THE U S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PWNnvner #TOMPKINSVtLLE \ A. hR«tturo TOMPKINSVILLE & GAMALIEL LABOR MARKET AREA With Jlovirtgfon MAJOR HIGHWAYS & RAILROAD SYSTEM B 0 0 N E I WorsQ AllATI CorrollWv ^ j G R AlkN TRIMIbl^ CARRoiH/r r. ^ s O W E n\ ^ L Owenton* \\ ^ y H E| N R Y oGfottge#' [New Costle OA DHA ? 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Columbio /f Bowling Green j Glo5gwLy^^*<» Jamestown Edmon METCALFE —J R us(s ell/ y ??rii^Russellvill^ , jP ^ CUM0E\RLAND MonticellO S 1 M nSO^ I / "^"iBurkesviiie^^^s^ Ajr) I • y t ^^Scottsville V^'m 0 N R 0 E V,, I - i y Fronkli It A lIlf E N \"i Tompkinswifle ^ ^ / Aibony\ i SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES TOMPKINSVILLE AND GAMALIEL, KENTUCKY LOCATION ndiana West Virginia Illinois Virginia TOMPKINSVILLE Missou ri ★ Tennessee Road Distance in Miles from Tompkinsville: Atlanta 370 Bal timore 706 Chicago 419 Detroit 487 New York 868 St. Louis 346 POPULATION City of Tompkinsville, 1976 2,056 City of Gamaliel, 1976 ^7T Monroe County, 1978 12,000 Labor Market Area, 1978 72,100 % Nonwhite, Monroe County, 1977 3.8 LABOR ANALYSIS Labor Market Area - Monroe, Allen, Barren, Cumberland and Metcalfe Counties Estimated available workers from labor market area, 1978: Male 3,453* Female 3,204* Unemployment rate, 1978 Labor Market Area 5.5% Monroe County 6.8% Cumberland County 4.5% Allen County 4.5% Metcalfe County 0"% Barren County 5.5% *Includes the number of men and women in the adjoining Tennessee counties of Clay and Macon who are available for industrial jobs. Total employment, Monroe County, 1978 - 4,881 Manufacturing employment in labor market area, 1978 - 8,369 Major local manufacturing plants: Name Employment Tompkinsville Key Industries, Inc. 188 Red Kap Industries 200 Gamaliel Harpeth Apparel 390 Labor unions in local manufacturing plants: None INDUSTRIAL SERVICES Mileage from Location Tompkinsville Tool & Die, Machine & Pattern Shops Horse Cave, Kentucky 43 Metal Service Centers Bowling Green, Kentucky 63 Heat Treating Nashville, Tennessee 104 80 Metal Finishers Elizabethtown, Kentucky Electric Motor Repair Bowling Green, Kentucky 63 TRANSPORTATION Rail : Nearest rail service - Louisville and Nashville Railroad at Glasgow, 32 miles from Tompkinsville Piggyback service - Available at Glasgow Highways: Interstate - 1-65, 43 miles northwest of Tompkinsville Parkway - Cumberland Parkway, 24 miles north of Tompkinsville Truck: Number of Interstate motor carriers - 4; Local terminals - 0 2. Air: Scheduled airline service - Available in Louisville, Kentucky, 127 miles northwest of Tompkinsville, and in Nashville, Tennessee, 128 miles southwest of Tompkinsville, both served by major airlines Commuter air service available in Bowling Green, Kentucky, 63 miles northwest of Tompkinsville> Nearest local airport - Moore Field, Glasgow; Distance - 29 miles north of Tompkinsville; Runway length - 4,000 feet UTILITIES AND SERVICES Electricity: Tompkinsville and Gamaliel Local distributor - Tri-County Electric Membership Corporation Source of power - Tennessee Valley Authority Natural Gas: Tompkinsville Local distributor - Tompkinsville Water and Gas Company Source of supply - Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Available for new industry - Yes Gamaliel Natural gas service is not available. Other Fuels: Number of area propane distributors - S Number of area distillate fuel oil distributors - 5 Water, treated: Tompkinsville Local supplier - Municipal Excess municipal system capacity - 1,210,000 qpd Storage capacity - 700,000 gal Ions Expansions planned - ^ Gamaliel Local supplier - Monroe County Water District Source of supply of treated water - Tompkinsville Water Works Storage capacity - 225,000 gal Ions Expansions planned - ^ 3. Water, raw: Sources in Monroe County - East Fork of Barren River and Cumberland River Sewer: Tompkinsville Excess treatment capacity - 69,000 gpd Planned expansions - Yes Gamaliel Septic tanks are utilized for sewage