17-509: Smiths Grove is a home rule-class city in Warren County , Kentucky , United States. The population was 752 as of the 2020 Census . It is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area . Smiths Grove is located at 37°3′12″N 86°12′27″W / 37.05333°N 86.20750°W / 37.05333; -86.20750 (37.053448, -86.207569). According to
34-647: A citizen of Kentucky, be at least 24 years old at the time of election, have resided in the state at least 2 years and the district at least 1 year prior to election. Per section 30 of the Kentucky Constitution, representatives are elected every two years in the November following a regular session of the General Assembly. The speaker of the Kentucky House of Representatives is the chief presiding officer of
51-508: A household in the city was $ 36,058, and the median income for a family was $ 43,750. Males had a median income of $ 32,292 versus $ 23,365 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 19,335. About 7.0% of families and 7.8% of the population were below the poverty line , including 6.5% of those under age 18 and 14.4% of those age 65 or over. North Warren Elementary, a school in the Warren County Public School System,
68-495: Is being maintained through a registry of cities that were covered by prior laws. Under the new system, Louisville and Lexington are classified as first class. All other cities in the state are in the home rule class. Click on the double triangles at the top of a column to sort the table by that column. County seat Since the 2010 census , some cities in Kentucky were disincorporated and did not appear in
85-635: Is located in Smiths Grove. Secondary students in Smiths Grove attend Warren East Middle and High Schools, located west of the town and on the northeastern outskirts of Bowling Green . Smiths Grove has a lending library , a branch of the Warren County Public Library. Interstate 65 provides direct access to Smiths Grove via the Exit 38 interchange. KY 101 is known locally as Main Street and provides
102-656: The State Capitol in Frankfort . The first meeting of the Kentucky House of Representatives was in Lexington, Kentucky , in 1792, shortly after statehood. During the first legislative session, legislators chose Frankfort to be the permanent state capital. After women gained suffrage in Kentucky, Mary Elliott Flanery was elected as the first female member of the Kentucky House of Representatives. She took her seat in January 1922, and
119-473: The United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km), all land. As of the census of 2000, there were 784 people, 298 households, and 228 families residing in the city. The population density was 945.3 inhabitants per square mile (365.0/km). There were 329 housing units at an average density of 396.7 per square mile (153.2/km). The racial makeup of the city
136-649: The merged governments in Louisville and Lexington. All other cities have a different form of government, including mayor-council , commission , and city manager , and are designated " home rule class" cities. The two-class system went into effect on January 1, 2015, following the 2014 passage of House Bill 331 by the Kentucky General Assembly and the bill's signing into law by Governor Steve Beshear . The new system replaced one in which cities were divided into six classes based on their population at
153-565: The Kentucky House. The speaker's official duties include maintaining order in the House, recognizing members during debate, appointing committee chairs and determining the composition of committees, and determining which committee has jurisdiction over which bill. Traditionally, the speaker has also served as chair of the Rules Committee and the Committee on Committees. When the speaker is absent from
170-615: The central road through town. Downtown Smiths Grove is bisected by a CSX Transportation line, formerly part of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad . List of cities in Kentucky Kentucky , a state in the United States , has 418 active cities. The two largest, Louisville and Lexington , are designated "first class" cities. A first class city would normally have a mayor- alderman government, but that does not apply to
187-415: The new scheme took effect. The General Assembly had historically reclassified cities only when requested by the city government. If all cities had been reclassified in the pre-2015 scheme according to actual population, about one-third of classifications would have changed. In particular, Lexington would have been classified as a first-class (Class 1) city. Although basic city classification changed in 2015,
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#1732880093926204-579: The next census. Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly . It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a House district, except when necessary to preserve the principle of equal representation. Representatives are elected to two-year terms with no term limits . The Kentucky House of Representatives convenes at
221-405: The old classifications will remain relevant for some time. Because many provisions of state law applied only to cities of certain pre-2015 classes, House Bill 331 was explicitly written to address such issues. In certain areas of law, class-based distinctions between cities have been replaced by population-based distinctions. In certain other areas that were more controversial, the pre-2015 status quo
238-550: The time of their classification. Before the enactment of House Bill 331, more than 400 classification-related laws affected public safety, alcohol beverage control, revenue options and others. Lexington and Fayette County are completely merged in a unitary urban county government (UCG); Louisville and other cities within Jefferson County have also merged into a single metro government. However, under state law, both major cities retained their pre-merger classification before
255-449: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.03. In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 31.0% from 25 to 44, 22.2% from 45 to 64, and 14.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males. The median income for
272-493: Was 84.82% White , 12.12% African American , 1.91% from other races , and 1.15% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.91% of the population. There were 298 households, out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.4% were married couples living together, 12.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.2% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.4% had someone living alone who
289-535: Was the first woman elected to a Southern state legislature. In 2017, the Republicans became the majority party in the House. They now hold a four-fifths supermajority in the chamber. Section 47 of the Constitution of Kentucky stipulates that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the state House of Representatives. According to Section 32 of the Kentucky Constitution, a state representative must: be
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