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Ashland is a home rule-class city [3] in Boyd County, Kentucky, United States. The most populous city in Boyd County, Ashland is located upon a southern bank of the Ohio River at the state border with Ohio and near West Virginia. The population was 21,625 at the 2020 census. Ashland is a principal city of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan ...
History of Ashland, Kentucky. Ashland is a city in north-eastern Kentucky. Prior to European colonization, it was home to the Adena culture, Hopewell culture, Armstrong culture, and Fort Ancient Native American groups, and later the Shawnee. European settlement by Scots-Irish Americans began in 1783.
Envisioned originally in 1980 as a hotel, retail and visitors center at 6th Street where the Ashland Town Center resides today, developers instead chose a downtown location. The ten-story, 160-room structure was completed in September 1985 and was renamed Quality Inn upon opening. The hotel features 112,500 sq ft (10,450 m 2) of conference ...
94000838 [ 1] Added to NRHP. August 5, 1994. The Ashland Commercial Historic District is a designated historic district bounded by 13th Street, Carter Avenue, 18th Street, and Front Street in Downtown Ashland, Kentucky. [ 2] It is composed of 84 properties, including such prominent buildings as the Camayo Arcade, Crump and Field Grocery Company ...
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.
Interstate 64 (I-64) in the US state of Kentucky travels for 191 miles (307 km), passing by the major towns and cities of Louisville, Frankfort, Lexington, and Ashland. It has several major junctions with other Interstates, including I-65, I-71, I-264, and I-265 in Louisville and I-75 in Lexington. The portion of I-64 in Kentucky is host to two ...
Barren County and Warren County. John Allen (1771–1813), hero of the Battle of Frenchtown in the War of 1812. 21,788. 346 sq mi (896 km 2) Anderson County. 005. Lawrenceburg. 1827. Franklin County, Washington County and Mercer County.
Highlands Museum and Discovery Center (the United States) Show map of Kentucky Show map of the United States Show all. Established. 1984. Location. 1620 Winchester Avenue, Ashland, Kentucky 41101. Coordinates. 38°28′43″N 82°38′21″W / 38.47852°N 82.63930°W / 38.47852; -82.63930. Type.