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Western Kentucky University TopSCHOLAR® Boyle County Industrial Reports for Kentucky Counties 1977 Industrial Resources: Boyle County - Danville Kentucky Library Research Collections Western Kentucky University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/boyle_cty Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons, Growth and Development Commons, and the Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons Recommended Citation Kentucky Library Research Collections, "Industrial Resources: Boyle County - Danville" (1977). Boyle County. Paper 3. https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/boyle_cty/3 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by TopSCHOLAR®. It has been accepted for inclusion in Boyle County by an authorized administrator of TopSCHOLAR®. For more information, please contact [email protected]. r IHDUSTRIAL RESOURCES DANVILLE ^eiituck/' Ilk DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE V DANVILLE, KENTUCKY ndex to Industrial Sites--1977 For more detailed data on individual sites, contact Mr. John Bailey, Chairman, Danville Development Corporation, c/o Kentucky Utilities Company, 198 West Broadway, Danville, Kentucky 40422, or the Industrial Development Division, Kentucky Department of Commerce, Capital Plaza Tower, Frankfort, Kentucky 40601. L -Cemetery 'JjS. 150 m nville.'^w 7/, Xer ---'.oOO' K 20 Ac, M^2 I /1 ';Hm^(arg'Cemr -950-^" 950. ^ 477 W \\ 85 Ac, ""RaHilvVoweTT ,7- 17 Ac 5 Ac. LEGEND- 'Limits ! Available Sites Revised Site Number •nd Acr«»9* (Genaral location) / Existing Industries AMERICAN GREETINGS CORP. ROYAL INDUSTRIES FIRESTONE WIRE AND CABLE CO. D. JACKSON OF DANVILLE 1 ^— E. REXNORD, INC. 0 j 1 MILE F. WHIRLPOOL CORP. 6. BLUEGRASS PLANT FOODS 1000 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 FEET H. CORNING GLASS WORKS J. SELLERS ENGINEERING CO. K. ROYAL CROWN BOTTLING CO. CONTOUR INTERVAL 10 FEET L. GENESCO, INC. >f ^ M. DOCTOR PEPPER BOTTLING CO. i'' BASE USGS 7.5 MINUTE SERIES -1952-67 . V,-.. N. PALM BEACH CO. O. DEERFIELD PLASTICS \\\\\ xy i\ /I / INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES DANVILLE. KENTUCKY Prepared by The Kentucky Department of Commerce Division of Research and Planning in cooperation with The Danville-Boyle County Chamber of Commerce 1977 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page INDUSTRIAL SITES i SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES - DANVILLE, KENTUCKY . 1 THE LABOR MARKET AREA 6 Population 6 Labor Force Characteristics of Residents, 1975 . !! !! !!! 6 Major Danville Manufacturing Firms, Their Products and Employment 7 Labor Organizations 8 Industrial Services 8 Estimated Male Labor Supply ]3 Estimated Female Labor Supply 13 Average Weekly Wages by Industry, by Place of Work, 1975 14 Per Capita Personal Income 1 1 * ig TRANSPORTATION 17 Rail Highways ! ! ! ! 17 Truck Service * * 18 19 Bus 20 Taxi 20 Rental Services 20 Water !! ! !! !! 20 POWER AND FUEL 21 Electricity 21 Natural Gas . ! ] ! .' ! 22 Other Fuels 22 WATER AND SEWERAGE 23 Water 23 Sewerage 27 CLIMATE 28 TV Chapter Page LOCAL GOVERNMENT 29 City 29 County 29 Assessed Value of Property, 1976 29 Property Taxes 29 Combined State and Local Rates Per $100 Valuation, 1976 . 30 Planning and Zoning 30 Safety 31 Police 31 Fire 31 Rescue Service 31 Solid Waste 31 EDUCATION 33 Public Schools 33 Nonpublic Schools 33 Area Colleges and Universities 37 J Vocational Schools 38 i HEALTH 40 Medical Personnel 40 Hospitals 40 ^ Other Medical Facilities 40 ^ Ambulance Service 40 Public Health 40 OTHER LOCAL FACILITIES 41 P Communications 41 Library Services 41 •o Religious Institutions 42 Financial Institutions 42 Hotels and Motels 42 Clubs and Organizations 43 RECREATION 45 COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS 47 do > "S GENERAL HIGHWAY MAP BOYLE COUNTY 4 MLES 0 MILE ORIGINAL DATA KENTUCKY 1974 SCALE PGR ENLARGEMENTS REVISIONS OATC rr 04TS PREPARED BY THE J.|.7« 9 AM KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION KAH OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIVISION OF FACILITIES PLANNING tnD Fouiconer 2 • IN COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION IMMANUCL* BEXTUV ♦ERP^YVILLt *l~ '.TiYLOa' T'l- I'S 90*59 Naedmore Ne<dmor« Clifton - I U* 1 V ^a V Ic ... 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O AussfLi / )sO«(ascT ^ spaixcis' , C'Jj'S ^JAMtSTOM 'jCOMOHTOM COMM WmNOOURVILLC |»0«TlCCt.LO •UMCtVlUC o o « \ V ^OTTtVlLLE WNiTLET_^*»Q WILHAMSlURCl TOUTRHISV^LC Laloaht o '■ _ Mocneswae 10 _o 10 ao 30 GRAPHIC SCALE IN'JILES SUMMARY OF INDUSTRIAL RESOURCES DANVILLE, KENTUCKY LOCATION Ohio Indiana West Virginia inois ★ DANVILLE Virginia Missouri Road Distance in Miles: Atlanta 359 Baltimore 603 Chicago 374 Detroit 385 New York 751 St. Louis 349 POPULATION City of Danville, 1975 - 12,038 Boyle County, 1976 - 23,200 Labor Market Area, 1976 - 109,300 % Nonwhite, Boyle County, 1970 - 11.7 LABOR ANALYSIS Labor Market Area - Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Marion, Mercer, and Washington Counties Estimated available workers from labor market area: Male 5,740 Female 4,650 Unemployment rate, 1975 Labor Market Area 8.8% Boyle County 5.9% Marion County 12.2% Casey County 7.8% Mercer County 7.8% Garrard County 7.0% Washington County 11.6% Lincoln County 11.6% Total employment, Boyle County - 10,670 Manufacturing employment in labor market area - 7,610 Major local manufacturing plants: Employment Jackson of Danville 223 Corning Glass Works Firestone Wire & Cable Company 440 Genesco, Inc. 500 Rexnord, Inc. 500 Whirlpool Corporation 565 Palm Beach Company 569 Labor unions in local manufacturing plants: Glass Workers; Steel Workers; Upholsterers; Clothing Workers TRANSPORTATION Highways: Interstates - 1-75, 38 miles away; Parkways - Blue Grass, 25 miles away U. S. Highways - 150 and 127 Mil- Rail road - Southern Railway System Piggyback service - Yes Truck: Number of interstate motor carriers - Local terminals - 3 Water: Nearest navigable river - Kentucky River, approximately 20 miles away Nearest public riverport - Louisville Distance - 86 miles Air: Nearest commercial service - Blue Grass Field, Lexington Distance - 45 miles; Airlines serving - Delta, Eastern, Piedmont, Allegheny and Air Kentucky Nearest local airport - Goodall Field Distance - 4.2 miles south of Danville; Runway length - 4,000 feet 2. UTILITIES AND SERVICES Electricity: Local distributor - Kentucky Utilities Company Source of power - Kentucky Utilities Company Natural Gas: Local distributor - Western Kentucky Gas Company Source of supply - Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company Available for new industry - No Other Fuels: Number of area propane distributors - _1 Number of area distillate fuel oil distributors - 4 Water, treated: Local supplier - Municipal; Excess municipal system capacity - 1,700,000 gpd; Expansions planned - No Water, raw: Sources for industrial use - Dix River and Herrington Lake Sewer: Excess treatment capacity - 400,000 gpd Planned expansions - New 2.7 million gpd treatment plant Industrial Services Miles Location Distant Tool & Die, Machine & Pattern Shops Lebanon 31 Metal Service Centers Lexington 40 Heat Treating Richmond 36 Metal Finishers Richmond 36 Electric Motor Repair Lebanon 31 CLIMATE Temperature, Normal - 55.2 degrees F. Precipitation, Normal - 44.49 inches Snowfall, Mean Annual - 15.70 inches Prevailing winds - South Relative humidity (%) - 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. - ^ 3. GOVERNMENT Type - Mayor - Commissioners - City Manager Police personnel - full-time - 27 Fire department personnel - full-time - volunteer - ^ Fire insurance rating (A.I.A.), class - Inside city - ^ Outside city - 10 (County area) TAXES Property taxes: Combined state and local rates per $100 valuation, 1976: (100% assessment) Inside City Outside of Danville City 1. Land and buildings $1,418 $0,782 2. Mfg. machinery, raw materials, goods in process, pollution control equipment 0.150 0.150 3. Finished goods, office equipment, vehicles, other tangibles 1.553 0.917 4. Intangibles (accounts, notes, bonds, etc.) 0.250 0.250 Special local taxes: Net profits tax - Danville - 1%; Boyle County - .35 of 1% on earnings EDUCATION State vocational-technical school - Lexington, 45 miles distant Area vocational educational center - Harrodsburg, 9 miles distant College or university - Centre College, Kentucky Business College Public Schools: High school enrollment - 1,435; Student/teacher ratio - 17-1 Elementary and Middle school enrollment - 3,598; Student/teacher ratio - 17-1 Nonpublic Schools: Enrollment - 420; Student/teacher ratio - 6-1 FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS Banks - Total assets - $78,594,986 Savings & loan associations - 2; Total assets - $47,083,457 4. COMMUNICATIONS Local newspapers - Two; Daily - Danville Advocate-Messenger Weekly - Kentucky Advocate