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Alexander, a Scottish descendant born in Kentucky, purchased 17,000 acres to develop an ironwork foundry. [2] He named it after Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland where his parents lived and from where he brought over several Scottish miners and their families. By 1856, the incorporated town had 200 residents but the project failed by 1857 ...
Kentucky population density by census tract (2010), showing the concentration of settlement around Jefferson, Fayette and Kenton counties. The two-class system went into effect on January 1, 2015, following the 2014 passage of House Bill 331 by the Kentucky General Assembly and the bill's signing into law by Governor Steve Beshear.
Hillview is a home rule-class city [4] in Bullitt County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 8,622 as of the 2020 census , up from 8,172 at the 2010 census . [ 5 ] The primary road through the area is Kentucky Route 61 , known as Preston Highway in both Jefferson and Bullitt counties.
USGS physiographic map of Kentucky showing the location of the Knobs. The Knobs Region or The Knobs is located in the US state of Kentucky. It is a narrow, arc-shaped region consisting of hundreds of isolated hills. The region wraps around the southern and eastern parts of the Bluegrass region in the north central to northeastern part of the state.
It gets its name from being on the tripoint of the state of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. The elevation at the tri-state marker is 1,990 feet (610 m). [ 2 ] The marker can be accessed via the "tri-state peak trail," (via connections with the Gap trail and the Object Lesson Road trail) and is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) from the park's visitor ...
Crestview Hills is a home rule-class city [4] in Kenton County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 3,246 at the 2020 census. Crestview Hills is located in Northern KY. Interstate 275 travels through the city. Interstate 71/75 lies close to the city border. It is the home of Thomas More University.
During the 1920s, the town had a population in the thousands and was booming with business. It had two livery stables, a general store, a railroad station, and two hotels. Devastation hit the town when it burned, burning down half of the city because of the inability of the volunteer fire department. Since then the VFD has strengthened greatly.
The agricultural town was situated on the western bank of Clear Creek at the confluence of Mulberry Creek and near a road between Louisville and Frankfort. The town required new residents to construct a 1½-story log cabin with a stone chimney; by 1795, there were 40 of these and, by 1800, there were 262 residents residing in Shelbyville. New ...