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Ashland is served by US 23 and US 60, several state routes, and is in close proximity to US 52 and Interstate 64. The state routes include: KY 5 never enters the city limits of Ashland, however does serve a sizable area surrounding the city. KY 168 crosses through the south Ashland region and is referred to as Blackburn Avenue and South Belmont ...
Lots were sold at public auction in June 1854, and the City of Ashland was incorporated by an act of the Kentucky Legislature in 1856. Boyd County was created by the Legislature in 1860, primarily from Greenup County. The first child born in the new town of Ashland was named Ashland Poage, a mixture of the old and new names. [8]
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.
The Ashland Plaza Hotel is a ten-story structure in downtown Ashland. The Camayo Arcade. The Kitchen Building was constructed in 1915 as an office building on the corner of 15th Street and Winchester Avenue. [1] The Second National Bank, occupied the first floor beginning in 1915 with other offices occupying the other levels.
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 , First Presbyterian Church , Paramount Arts ...
The Mayor of the City of Ashland, Kentucky is elected for a four-year term and is not term limited. The mayor presides over City Commission meetings, is a voting member of the City Commission and represents the city at major functions. The current mayor is Chuck D. Charles. The City of Ashland operates under a City Manager form of Government.
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They married the following year and purchased the Victorian Gartrell-Hager House in Ashland, Kentucky, which was built in 1864. [2] Although Mayo wanted to build a new house, she could not due to rations set in place during World War I. To avoid being arrested for building a new home, she received permission to remodel the existing house.