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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greenup County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
Burks Branch Rd. north of Clear Creek 38°14′00″N 85°13′35″W / 38.233333°N 85.226389°W / 38.233333; -85.226389 ( Royalty-Smith Shelbyville
The name was shortened to "Greenup" on March 13, 1872, partially to avoid confusion with Greensburg. [4] [5] Around 1865 the Eastern Kentucky Railway Company established its headquarters, rail yard, and depot at Riverton or eastern Greenup. [6] The Ohio River flood of 1937 brought devastation to Greenup and many other towns along the river. [7]
U.S. Route 23 (US 23) is a 157.765-mile-long (253.898 km) United States Numbered Highway in the state of Kentucky.It travels from the Virginia state line near Jenkins to the Ohio state line west of South Shore via Jenkins, Pikeville, Coal Run Village, Prestonsburg, Paintsville, Louisa, Catlettsburg, Ashland, Russell, Flatwoods, Raceland, Wurtland, Greenup, and South Shore.
A view of the intersection of U.S. 23, KY 10, & Ohio SR 253 just after crossing the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge in Greenup U.S. Highway 23 is the primary route for travel through Greenup County. It enters Greenup County at the southeasternmost point and follows the Ohio River north along the eastern border passing through Russell , Flatwoods ...
Kentucky Route 200 is a 18.041-mile-long (29.034 km) rural secondary highway that traverses far southeastern Clinton County and the southern half of Wayne County.It begins at the Tennessee state line as a continuation of Caney Creek Road in Pickett County, Tennessee, quickly crosses the Clinton–Wayne county line and passes through the community of Sunnybrook, and follows the valley of ...
The Eastern Kentucky Coalfield is part of the Central Appalachian bituminous coalfield, including all or parts of 30 Kentucky counties and adjoining areas in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee. [3] It covers an area from the Allegheny Mountains in the east across the Cumberland Plateau to the Pottsville Escarpment in the west.
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.