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However, when British settlers arrived in the 1720s they named it the Cowpasture. There is an interesting story about how the Cowpasture and neighboring rivers the Bullpasture River and Calfpasture River came to be so named. It is said that the Shawnee once had stolen a herd of settlers' cattle and were driving them westward into the mountains.
Its county seat is Springfield. [2] The county is named for George Washington. [3] Washington County was the first county formed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky when it reached statehood, and the sixteenth county formed. [4] The center of population of Kentucky is located in Washington County, in the city of Willisburg. [5]
The former includes a portion of Jackson and some unincorporated areas, while the latter has the remainder of the city and county. [17] [18] The Jackson school district operates Jackson City School a single K-12 facility. The county school district operates several schools, including: Sebastian Elementary School – Jackson, Kentucky (Opened 1970)
Current U.S. representatives from Kentucky District Member (Residence) [2] Party Incumbent since CPVI (2022) [3] District map 1st: James Comer (Tompkinsville) Republican November 8, 2016 R+24: 2nd: Brett Guthrie (Bowling Green) Republican January 3, 2009 R+21: 3rd: Morgan McGarvey : Democratic January 3, 2023 D+9: 4th: Thomas Massie : Republican
Springfield, noted by filmmakers as Hollywood South, is the site of Kentucky's first and only movie sound stage. The Springfield Bonded Film Complex came about as a part of the burgeoning film industry in Kentucky, ushered in by the state's film tax credit. This tax credit has the distinction as the most generous in the nation. [7]
Jackson County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,955. [1] Its county seat is McKee. [2] The county was formed in 1858 from land given by Madison, Estill, Owsley, Clay, Laurel, and Rockcastle counties. [3]
The table below includes sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Jefferson County, Kentucky except those in the following neighborhoods/districts of Louisville: Anchorage, Downtown, The Highlands, Old Louisville, Portland and the West End (including Algonquin, California, Chickasaw, Park Hill, Parkland, Russell and Shawnee).
As of 2020, Jackson, KY had a population of 2.2k people with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $32,644. Between 2019 and 2020 the population of Jackson, KY grew from 2,106 to 2,201, a 4.51% increase and its median household income grew from $30,898 to $32,644, a 5.65% increase.