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The prehistory and history of Kentucky span thousands of years, and have been influenced by the state's diverse geography and central location. Archaeological evidence of human occupation in Kentucky begins approximately 9,500 BCE. A gradual transition began from a hunter-gatherer economy to agriculture c. 1800 BCE.
June 1, 1792 • Kentucky became the fifteenth state to be admitted to the union and Isaac Shelby, a military veteran from Virginia, was elected the first Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. 1795 • Free Frank McWorter builds and manages a farming settlement in Pulaski County, Kentucky while enslaved by his father, George McWhorter; his ...
Todd County was created in response to a petition for "home government," since travel to the county seats of Logan and Christian was arduous. The petition had been written by the magisterial court, consisting of Edward Shanklin , John Gray, Robert Coleman, Henry Gorin, John Taylor, H. C. Ewing, John S Anderson, William Hopper, John Mann and ...
Frankfort, Kentucky. / 38.200°N 84.867°W / 38.200; -84.867. Frankfort is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kentucky and the seat of Franklin County. [ 5] It is a home rule-class city. [ 6] The population was 28,602 at the 2020 United States census. [ 7] Located along the Kentucky River, Frankfort is the principal city of the ...
Hart County, Kentucky. / 37.29°N 85.89°W / 37.29; -85.89. Hart County is a county located in the south central portion of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,288. [ 1] Its county seat is Munfordville, its largest city is Horse Cave. [ 2] Hart County is a prohibition or dry county .
Maysville is a home rule-class city [ 5] in Mason County, Kentucky, United States, and is the seat of Mason County. [ 6] The population was 8,873 as of the 2020 census. [ 3] Maysville is on the Ohio River, 66 miles (106 km) northeast of Lexington. It is the principal city of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which comprises Mason County.
509201. East Point is an unincorporated community in Johnson County, Kentucky, United States. The community's first settlers were the Matthias Harman, Greer and Auxier families at Blockhouse Bottom. Their fort, Fort Harmon, was the site of numerous Indian raids. [1] The first post office was originally established in Floyd County on February 6 ...
Mayfield is in the center of the Jackson Purchase, an eight-county region purchased by Isaac Shelby and Andrew Jackson from the Chickasaw people in 1818. Mayfield was established as the county seat of Graves County in 1821, and the county was formally organized in 1823. John Anderson is believed to have been the first white settler, arriving in ...