Back ميدلسبورو Arabic ميدلسبورو ARZ میدلزبرو، کنتاکی AZB Middlesborough Catalan Миддлсборо (Кентукки) CE Middlesboro CEB Middlesboro DAG Middlesboro German Middlesborough (Kentucky) Spanish Middlesborough (Kentucky) Basque
Middlesboro, Kentucky | |
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| City of Middlesboro | |
 View of Middlesboro from the Pinnacle Overlook. | |
 Flag  Seal  Coat of arms | |
| Nickname(s): The Magic City (official) Queen City of the Cumberlands, The Boro, M'boro, Crater City | |
| Motto(s): Fac et Spera (Latin: "Do and Hope") | |
 Location of Middlesborough in Bell County, Kentucky. | |
| Coordinates: 36°36′37″N 83°43′24″W / 36.61028°N 83.72333°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Bell |
| Incorporated | March 14, 1890[1] |
| Named for | Middlesbrough, England |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor-Council |
| • Mayor | Boone Bowling |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.46 sq mi (19.33 km2) |
| • Land | 7.38 sq mi (19.12 km2) |
| • Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.20 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,142 ft (348 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 9,405 |
• Estimate (2022)[4] | 9,131 |
| • Density | 1,273.70/sq mi (491.78/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 40965 |
| Area code | 606 |
| FIPS code | 21-51924 |
| GNIS feature ID | 498153[3] |
| Website | www |
Middlesboro (locally /ˈmɪdəlzbʌrə/)[5] is a home rule-class city[6] in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,334 at the 2010 U.S. census,[7] while its micropolitan area had a population of 69,060.[8]
It is located 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the Cumberland Gap[5] and is the largest city in southeastern Kentucky.[9] It is located entirely between Pine Mountain and the Cumberland Mountains in the Middlesboro Basin, an enormous meteorite crater (one of three known astroblemes in the state).
- ^ Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State: Land Office. "Middlesboro, Kentucky". Accessed 26 August 2013.
- ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Middlesboro, Kentucky
- ^ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places in Kentucky: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2022". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 26, 2023.
- ^ a b Rennick, Robert. Kentucky Place Names, University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987, p. 196. Accessed 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform" (PDF). Kentucky League of Cities. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
- ^ "Table 1. Annual Estimates of the Population of Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2009 (CBSA-EST2009-01)". 2009 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 23, 2010. Archived from the original (CSV) on June 15, 2010. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
- ^ Kleber, John E., ed. (1992). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, and James C. Klotter. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0. Retrieved on 2010-06-29