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Grigsby Creek was named for a family of Grigsbys, descendants of a Thomas Grigsby who was a fellow settler with "Danger Nick" Combs. [7] A Grigsby post office was established on 1904-10-05 by Cora Grigsby, slightly upstream from the creek mouth and 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of the church. [7] The post office closed in 1933. [7]
Hazard is a home rule-class city [5] in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Kentucky, United States. [6] The population was 5,263 at the 2020 census. [7] History
Perry County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,473. [1] Its county seat is Hazard. [2] The county was founded in 1820. [3] Both the county and county seat are named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero in the War of 1812.
The Battle of Hazard occurred the following year on the fourth court day, November 8, 1889. A supposedly inebriated Campbell was on Graveyard Hill and discharged his gun. A storekeeper saw him shooting, took aim, and killed Campbell with one shot. The people in the courthouse heard the shot, thought it was a result of the feud, and scattered.
James M. Grigsby's mine was on Old House Branch, 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream. [13] The Vest post office, an attempted Ball, was established on 1886-01-31 by postmaster William Grigsby. [26] Anecdotally, although there is no record of such a person, it was named after a USPS official who validated the requirement for a post office. [26]
Kentucky Route 451 Connector (KY 451 Conn.) is a 0.235-mile-long (0.378 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The highway travels through urban areas of Hazard , within Perry County . KY 451 Conn. begins at an intersection with the KY 451 mainline (Town Mountain Road) in the central part of Hazard, within Perry County.
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Elijah was the Founder of Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky on November 2, 1820, which he named after General Oliver Hazard Perry, a hero of the War of 1812. Perry County was formed by the Kentucky General Assembly from portions of Clay and Floyd Counties in Kentucky. Elijah Combs. In addition to founding Hazard, Elijah was a Whig politician. In ...