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Mount Vernon is a home rule-class city [5] and the seat of Rockcastle County in southeastern Kentucky. The intersection of U.S. Routes 25 and 150 is located here. The population was 2,477 at the time of the 2010 U.S. census. Mount Vernon is part of the Richmond-Berea micropolitan area.
WRVK was founded in 1957 by John Lair and Tom Hargis in Renfro Valley, Kentucky.The station is currently owned by Saylor Broadcasting, Inc. Today, WRVK features a unique format of traditional country, bluegrass, gospel, and oldies music programming.
The Mount Vernon Commercial District in Mount Vernon, Kentucky is a 5 acres (2.0 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It runs along Main St. from Church to Richmond Sts. and included 22 contributing buildings .
Rockcastle County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,037. [1] Its county seat is Mt. Vernon. [2] The county was founded in 1810 [3] and named for the Rockcastle River, which runs through it; the river, in turn, is named for its rock cliffs.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Rockcastle County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
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Rockcastle County High School (abbreviated RCHS) is a public high school located in Mount Vernon, Kentucky, United States. The school mascot is the Rockets, with the school colors being red, navy blue and white. It is the only high school inside of the Rockcastle County School District. The enrollment was 826 students as of 2021–2022.
From a 1939 flood that killed 79 people, to a 1997 flood that affected 50,000 homes in just one city, here are some of the past major flooding events in Kentucky.