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West Point is located at the northern end of Hardin County at (37.991543, -85.954540), [3] at the confluence of the Ohio and Salt rivers The Dixie Highway (U.S. Routes 31W and 60 ) passes through the city just east of the downtown, leading northeast 21 miles (34 km) to Louisville and south 23 miles (37 km) to Elizabethtown , the Hardin County seat.
The West Point Historic District in West Point, Kentucky is a 55 acres (22 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. [1]The district is roughly bounded by the Salt River, 2nd, South, 13th, Mulberry, and Elm Sts. and dates from 1829.
William Tecumseh Sherman was concerned with the Confederate positions in Bowling Green and Columbus, and sent the 37th Indiana and the 9th Michigan regiments to West Point. [2] The plan was to use West Point as a Union supply base for Elizabethtown. [3] Sherman ordered the fort to be built on Pearman Hill to protect the town and supply route. [4]
Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information) Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, which contains much of the historic coal mines; the north-central Bluegrass region, where the major cities and the state capital (Frankfort) are located; the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau (also known as the Pennyrile or ...
KY 868 south (West Garnettsville Road) / KY 1638 west (Old Mill Road) – Brandenburg: Northern terminus of KY 868; eastern terminus of KY 1638; Brandenburg via 1638: Hardin: West Point: 251.947: 405.469: US 31W Bus. west – West Point, Bridges to the Past: Western end of West Point business route: 252.304: 406.044: Salt River Drive – Fort ...
U.S. Route 31W Business is a business route located in West Point, Kentucky, in northern Hardin County. It is 1.988 miles (3.199 km) long and does not intersect any other highways outside of the main alignment of US 31W (which runs concurrently with US 60 in that area).
Republicans rule Kentucky politically, yet its liberal-leaning governor remains a popular figure, even as Democrats take a nosedive in the state.
The Barrens, a region of grassland in Kentucky 45,008: 491 sq mi (1,272 km 2) Bath County: 011: Owingsville: 1811: Montgomery County: Medicinal springs located within the county 12,975: 279 sq mi (723 km 2) Bell County: 013: Pineville: 1867: Harlan County and Knox County: Joshua Fry Bell, Kentucky legislator (1862–67) 23,317: 361 sq mi (935 ...