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Ohio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,772. [1] Its county seat is Hartford, and its largest city is Beaver Dam. [2] The county is named after the Ohio River, which originally formed its northern boundary. It is a moist county, which means that the sale of alcohol is only ...
Hardin County and Ohio County: William Grayson (1740–90), aide to George Washington in the Revolutionary War and U.S. Senator from Virginia 26,825: 504 sq mi (1,305 km 2) Green County: 087: Greensburg: 1792: Lincoln County and Nelson County: Nathanael Greene (1742–86), Revolutionary War general 11,468: 289 sq mi (749 km 2) Greenup County ...
Indian Knoll is an archaeological site near the Green River in Ohio County, Kentucky that was declared to be a U.S. National Historic Landmark. [1]Excavations of Indian Knoll during the Great Depression [2]: 115 were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Kentucky as part of WPA economic recovery efforts. [3]
The Kentucky State Penitentiary in Frankfort was an American prison. It was the first prison built west of the Allegheny Mountains and completed on June 22, 1800 when [ 1] Kentucky was still virtually a wilderness. The Kentucky Legislature of 1798 had appointed Harry Innes, Alexander S. Bullitt, Caleb Wallace, Isaac Shelby and John Coburn as ...
Louisville, Henderson, and St. Louis Railroad Depot. July 26, 1991. ( #91000923) Southeastern side of Walnut St., 200 feet north of its junction with Kentucky Route 54. 37°38′11″N 86°43′01″W. / 37.636389°N 86.716944°W / 37.636389; -86.716944 ( Louisville, Henderson, and St. Louis Railroad Depot) Fordsville. 14.
Jonathan Creek archaeological site is an important Mississippian-era (ca. A.D. 1000–1500) village and burial mound site, situated on the banks of the Tennessee River, located in the unincorporated town of Aurora in Marshall county, Kentucky. It was originally discovered and noted by Robert Loughridge in the late 19th century.
Ohio Country. The Ohio Country (Ohio Territory, [a] Ohio Valley[b]) was a name used for a loosely defined region of colonial North America west of the Appalachian Mountains and south of Lake Erie. Control of the territory and the region's fur trade was disputed in the 17th century by the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin, other Native American tribes ...
Children. 4. Micajah "Big" Harpe, born Joshua Harper (before 1768 – August 24, 1799), and Wiley "Little" Harpe, born William Harper (before 1770 – February 8, 1804), were American murderers, highwaymen and river pirates who operated in Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Mississippi in the late 18th century. They are often considered the ...