Wheatcroft, Kentucky

Wheatcroft is a home rule-class city in Webster County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 173 at the 2000 census. Wheatcroft, a coal town with post office, is on KY 109 and the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad, 8½ miles west of Dixon.It was probably named for Irving Horace Wheatcroft, an Englishman, who in 1899 laid out and founded the town on land acquired from Elijah Cullen,He opened one or more area coal mines, and built the Kentucky Western Railway from nearby Blackford to Dixon. The Wheatcroft post office was established on September 10, 1900, with A.S. Logsdon, postmaster, and the town was incorporated in 1902.GeographyWheatcroft is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2sqmi, all land.DemographicsAs of the census of 2000, there were 173 people, 68 households, and 49 families residing in the city. The population density was 698.5 people per square mile (267.2/km²). There were 84 housing units at an average density of 339.1 per square mile (129.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 100.00% White.There were 63 households out of which 27.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% were married couples living together, 14.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.5% were non-families. 25.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 2.98.