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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.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockcastle County, Kentucky. 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 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 .
The Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial is in front of the Capitol, making this visit a two-for-one. The landmark, constructed in 1988, honors the Kentuckians who served during the Vietnam War.
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.
1923 - Head on collision between Trains 52 and 55 at Nelsonville, KY. 1932 - Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Stanford on the Lebanon Branch during a whistle stop campaign tour. 1940 - Centralized Traffic Control signalling installed on the Lebanon Branch between Lebanon Junction and Lebanon. 1941 - Collision between two trains at St. Francis, KY.
A good bit of Appalachian history and arts got soaked in the record flooding in Eastern Kentucky.. In Whitesburg, water may have breached the vault at Appalshop, where the arts and media ...
Northern terminus of KY 2224: Mount Vernon: 37.462: 60.289: KY 1326 west (East Main Street) Eastern terminus of KY 1326: 37.718: 60.701: KY 2323 north (Church Street) Southern terminus of KY 2323: 37.831: 60.883: US 150 west (Crab Orchard Road) / KY 1249 south (Sand Springs Road) – Stanford, Pongo: Eastern terminus of US 150; northern ...