There were 2,981 housing units at an average density of 193.2 per square mile (74.6/km 2). The population density was 408.0 people per square mile (157.5/km 2). The racial makeup of the city was 93.8% White, 2.9% Black, 0.5% Native American, 1.3% Asian alone, 0.0% Pacific Islander, 1.5% from two or more races, and 2.2% Hispanic or Latino.Īs of the census of 2000, there were 6,295 people, 2,705 households, and 1,563 families living in the city. The Academy Building at the University of PikevilleĪs of the 2020 United States Census, there were 7,754 people living in the city. The downtown area is built in a narrow valley in a bend of the Levisa Fork that was bypassed in 1987 with the completion of the Pikeville Cut-Through, while places such as Weddington Square Plaza are built in a broader part of the river valley. The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, along the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River. This significantly affected the city of Coal Run Village, which was previously on the city limit of Pikeville. As of March 2009, Pikeville set its new city limits to be 0.3-mile from its county line. Census Bureau, the city covers a total land area of 15.4 square miles (40 km 2), all land. This was the inaugural year for the award and was intended to recognize "a city that has done something transformational and our first ever recipient certainly demonstrates a city making a huge impact on its region." Geography In September 2018, Pikeville's City government was named 2018 KLC City Government of the Year by the Kentucky League of Cities. Following an announcement on October 27, 2017, construction has begun on a 60,000 square foot manufacturing facility to be owned and operated by SilverLiner, whose primary business is expected to be the manufacture and assembly of tanks for tanker trucks. Late 2017 saw several announcements regarding tenants for the recently opened Kentucky Enterprise Industrial Park. The first stores opened in the shopping center in October 2014. In 2013, construction began on a shopping center known as Pikeville Commons. The hospital has also become a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network. In 2014, a new 11-story clinic and a 10-story parking structure was completed at a cost of $150 million. Pikeville Medical Center has established itself as a regional healthcare center. In October 2005, the 7,000 seat, multi-purpose Appalachian Wireless Arena opened in downtown. The university also opened the Kentucky College of Optometry, the first optometry school in Central Appalachia, in the fall of 2016. Pikeville College (now the University of Pikeville) opened the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1997. The city has been a center of rapid development in Eastern Kentucky since the 1990s.
Baseball Hall of Fame member Greg Maddux played for the 1984 Pikeville Cubs in his first professional season. Pikeville was an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers (1982) and Chicago Cubs (1983–1984). Pikeville played as a member of the Rookie level Appalachian League. The project alleviated traffic congestion in downtown and eliminated flooding by rerouting the Levisa Fork River.įrom 1982 to 1984, Pikeville was home to the Pikeville Cubs and Pikeville Brewers. The massive rock cut is one of the largest civil engineering projects in the western hemisphere, moving nearly 18,000,000 cubic yards (14,000,000 m 3) of soil and rock.
įrom 1973 to 1987, the Pikeville Cut-Through was constructed immediately west of downtown. The National Civic League designated Pikeville as an All-American City in 1965. Pikeville was host to a part of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, and patriarch Randall McCoy as well as his wife and daughter are buried on a hillside overlooking the town. In 1850, this was changed to the present Pikeville. This was changed in 1829 to Piketon and the town was incorporated under that name in 1848. This settlement was established as the town of Pike after the county in 1824. Public disapproval of the site led a new decision on December 24, 1823, to establish the county seat on land donated by local farmer Elijah Adkins. On March 25, 1822, state officials decided to build a new county seat named " Liberty", 1.5 miles (2.4 km) below the mouth of the Russell Fork River.