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Website. westpoint.ky.gov. West Point is a home rule-class city in Hardin County, Kentucky, United States, near the edge of Fort Knox military reservation on Dixie Highway. It is located in a former meander bend of the Ohio River. The population was 952 as of the 2020 Census, up from 797 from the 2010 census, [2] but still down from 1,100 at ...
NRHP reference No. 96001344 [1] Added to NRHP. November 15, 1996. 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.
January 31, 1994. Fort Duffield is a Union American Civil War fort located outside West Point, Kentucky. It saw use in 1862, and was abandoned when it appeared that the war would never come near the fort. Ironically, John Hunt Morgan would in 1863 lead his Raiders right past the fort and may have been stopped had the fort not been abandoned.
Ditto-Prewitt House. The Ditto-Prewitt House, at 306 Elm St. in West Point, Kentucky, is a historic house built in 1826. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1] It is a two-story brick central passage plan five-bay house. In c.1960 a one-story porch with wrought-iron posts was added.
The Abraham Ditto House, at 204 Elm St. in West Point, Kentucky, is a historic house built in 1823. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1] It is a two-story brick house with simple Federal -style detailing, with brick laid in Flemish bond. It has an interior end brick chimney.
The Applegate-Fisher House, at 404 Elm St. in West Point, Kentucky, was built in 1846. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It was deemed significant as "a notable example of a central passage plan brick residence from the early 19th century. The house is also notable as a center of military activity during the ...
In October 1903, military maneuvers for the Regular Army and the National Guards of several states were held at West Point, Kentucky, and the surrounding area. [16] In April 1918, field artillery units from Camp Zachary Taylor arrived at West Point for training. 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) near the village of Stithton were leased to the government ...
The Ohio River is a 981-mile-long (1,579 km) river in the United States. It is located at the boundary of the Midwestern and Southern United States, flowing in a southwesterly direction from western Pennsylvania to its mouth on the Mississippi River at the southern tip of Illinois. It is the third largest river by discharge volume in the United ...