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Goshen was formerly the location of Land O' Goshen farms, a horse and sheep breeding farm owned and operated by William Burke Belknap. Goshen is home to various operations that are Kentucky Proud producers, these include: River Farm Nursery, Round Hill Farm LLC, Golden Drop Honey, Babs Bees, Field 51 Produce, and Blue Skies Horse Farm LLC.
Oldham County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state and commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,607. [1] Its county seat is La Grange. [2] The county is named for Colonel William Oldham. Oldham County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Location of Oldham County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Oldham County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Oldham County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
William Burke Belknap [1] the younger (1885–1965) was the son of William Richardson Belknap and Alice Trumbull Silliman. He was an entrepreneur in the family of William Burke Belknap, the elder (1811–1884), son of Morris Burke Belknap of Brimfield, Massachusetts, who was engaged in the iron furnace industry and died in 1873. [2]
Oldham Local Studies and Archives holds the archives for the town of Oldham. The archives are held at Union Street, Oldham, and run by Oldham Council. [1] The archives date back to 1597 and include local authority records for the areas of Chadderton, Crompton, Failsworth, Lees, Oldham, Royton and Saddleworth. [1] [2]
La Grange was founded in 1827 when the Oldham County seat was relocated from Westport at the suggestion of Major William Berry Taylor. The new town was named for Château de la Grange-Bléneau, the French country estate of Gilbert du Motier, the American Revolutionary hero better known as the Marquis de Lafayette, who had visited the area in 1824. [10]
Opened 1918, the only Colonial Revival-style Carnegie library in Indiana 56: Gas City Gas City: Jan 2, 1913: $12,500 135 E. Main St. Has an addition and is still used as the public library. (February 2011) 57: Goshen: Goshen: Jan 15, 1901: $25,000 202 N. 5th St. Open 1903–1968, now city hall 58: Grandview Grandview: Sep 14, 1917: $8,000 403 ...