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Its low hills are completely devoted to agriculture or urban development. [12] Its highest point (868 feet/265 meters ASL) is Rainbow Rock Knob WSW, located 3.6 miles (5.8 km) ESE from Russellville. [13] The Red River flows northwestward through the central and west part of the county, discharging into Todd County on the west. [12]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
Current member of the Kentucky State Senate, former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, businessman [52] Born in Taylor County; resident of Lebanon in Marion County [52] Clayborne F. Jackson (1806–1862) 15th Governor of Missouri [53] Born in Fleming County [53] Richard M. Johnson (1780–1850) 9th Vice President of the United ...
The city is set among small hills in the valley of the Town Branch, a north-flowing tributary of the Mud River and part of the Green River watershed flowing to the Ohio River. Russellville is served by U.S. Routes 68, 79 and 431. The nearest limited-access highway is the Natcher Parkway , 24 miles (39 km) to the northeast.
The William Forst House, also known as the Clark House and the First-Clark House, is a historic house located in the Russellville Historic District of Russellville, Kentucky. Built in 1820, it made history between November 18 and 20, 1861, as the site where the Confederate government of Kentucky was formed.
Northrup Falls, located one mile east of the Colditz Cove State Natural Area [2] Seventy Six Falls, located in Clinton County, Kentucky; Slave Falls, located on the Fork Ridge Road Sawmill Trailhead [2] Star Creek Falls, located on the Cumberland River [3] Tioga Falls located in West Point Ky [4] [5] Yahoo Falls, located in the Big South Fork ...
There is significant history in the district. It was here in the William Forst House that the Confederate government of Kentucky was formed, commemorated by the Confederate Monument in Russellville. It is also the site of the first documented bank robbery by Jesse James, which occurred in 1868, of the Nimrod Long Banking Company, totalling ...