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Campbell County was founded December 17, 1794, two years after the creation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, becoming the state's 19th county. Campbell County was carved out of Scott, Harrison and Mason counties. [5] The original county included all of present Boone, Kenton, Pendleton, and most of Bracken and Grant counties. Campbell County is ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]
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 ...
In 1794 James Taylor tapped his connections with Kentucky's leaders to lobby at Frankfort for acts incorporating Newport and creating Campbell County, Kentucky. The legislature established the county on December 17, 1794, from parts of Mason, Scott and Harrison Counties. On December 14, 1795, it approved Newport's charter.
The city of Southgate is named for the family of Richard Southgate. Born in New York City, Richard Southgate went to Newport from Richmond, Virginia in 1795. In October 1797, he was licensed to practice law in the court of Kentucky and appointed Commonwealth Attorney for Campbell County in 1798.
Mason County and Campbell County: William Bracken, trapper and frontiersman 8,426: 203 sq mi (526 km 2) Breathitt County: 025: Jackson: 1839: Clay County, Perry County and Estill County: John Breathitt, eleventh Governor of Kentucky (1832–34) 12,953: 495 sq mi (1,282 km 2) Breckinridge County: 027: Hardinsburg: 1799: Hardin County
Newport is a home rule-class city [6] at the confluence of the Ohio and Licking rivers in Campbell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 14,150 at the 2020 census. Historically, it was one of four county seats of Campbell County. [7] Newport is a major urban center of Northern Kentucky and is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
Scott County, Kentucky: ca. 1787 Residence Early log cabin [2] William Whitley House State Historic Site: Crab Orchard, Kentucky: 1787–1794 Residence Oldest brick house in Kentucky Millspring: Georgetown, Kentucky: 1789 Residence Back ell is the oldest part of the house, constructed by Rev. Elijah Craig: Jacob Eversole Cabin: Perry County ...