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Montgomery County: Medicinal springs located within the county 12,975: 279 sq mi (723 km 2) Bell County: 013: Pineville: 1867: Harlan County and Knox County: Joshua Fry Bell, Kentucky legislator (1862–67) 23,317: 361 sq mi (935 km 2) Boone County: 015: Burlington: 1798: Campbell County: Daniel Boone (1734–1820), frontiersman: 140,496: 246 ...
Powell County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,129. [1] Its county seat is Stanton. [2] The county was formed January 7, 1852, by Kentucky Governor Lazarus W. Powell from parts of Clark, Estill, and Montgomery counties. [3]
Blaeu's map [13] based on Pont's original [14] "Glasgow and the county of Lanark" map c.1596 depicting Moderwelt east of Hamelton, south of Clydsid and north of Dalzel Castle. By the start of the 19th century Motherwell was a small hamlet, a farming community of some 600 people living adjacently to the 16th century laird's manor, Jerviston ...
Kenton County is a county located in the northern part of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census , the population was 169,064, [ 1 ] making it the third most populous county in Kentucky (behind Jefferson County and Fayette County ).
The Fox Farm site is a Middle Fort Ancient culture Manion Phase (1200 to 1400 CE) archaeological site located near Mays Lick in Mason County, Kentucky.The site consists of a large village complex on a ridge 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) south of the Licking River and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the Ohio River.
Maysville is a home rule-class city [5] in Mason County, Kentucky, United States, and is the county seat of Mason County. [6] The population was 8,873 as of the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Maysville is on the Ohio River , 66 miles (106 km) northeast of Lexington .
Boyd County was the 107th of 120 counties formed in Kentucky and was established in 1860 from parts of surrounding Greenup, Carter, and Lawrence Counties. [3] It was named for Linn Boyd of Paducah, former U.S. congressman, speaker of the United States House of Representatives, who died in 1859 soon after being elected lieutenant governor of Kentucky.
In 1908, Benton drove its African American residents out of town, becoming a sundown town along with the rest of Marshall County. [9] On January 23, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at Marshall County High School, near Benton, resulting in 19 injuries and 2 fatalities. [10] [11] On December 10, 2021, the town was hit by the 2021 Western Kentucky ...