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Morehead is a home rule-class city [5] located along US 60 (the historic Midland Trail) and Interstate 64 in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. [6] . The population was 7,151 at the time of the 2020 U.S. census. [7] It was the focal point of the Rowan County War and is the home of Morehead State University.
Morehead State University (MSU) is a public university in Morehead, Kentucky. The university began as Morehead Normal School, which opened its doors in 1887. The Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, a two-year residential early college high school on the university's campus, was established in 2014.
Rowan County (/ raʊn /, / ˈroʊ.ɪn /) is a county located in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky, in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield region. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,662. [1] . Its county seat is Morehead. [2]
James Turner Morehead (May 24, 1797 – December 28, 1854) was a United States Senator and the 12th Governor of Kentucky. He was the first native-born Kentuckian to hold the governorship of the state. [ 1 ]
Morehead State University, Kentucky Morehead State Eagles, sports teams; John Motley Morehead High School, Eden, North Carolina; Other uses. Morehead (surname) Morehead languages of New Guinea; Morehead station, a disused heritage streetcar station in Charlotte, North Carolina; See also
The Downtown Morehead Historic District, in Morehead in Rowan County, Kentucky, is a 30.37 acres (12.29 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022. [1] [2] [3] Its area is the original downtown business district area, as of 1881. [4]
Morehead is located in Eastern Kentucky, nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. It was founded in 1854 by Colonel John Hargis and named after James T Morehead, a politician who served as governor of Kentucky from 1834 to 1836.
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Visitors to Morehead in the Appalachian foothills might be hard-pressed to imagine a time when one of the most famous feuds in America made the town a daunting and dangerous place.
Morehead is a 4th-class city located along US 60 (the historic Midland Trail) and Interstate 64 in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 6,845 at the time of the 2010 U.S. census.