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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 .
The Kentucky Folk Art Center was established in 1985 as part of Morehead State University's Folk Art Collection. The collection was housed on two separate buildings on campus until 1997 when the collection was moved to the historic Union Grocery Building in Morehead's First Street Arts District. [3] [4] It holds 1,407 works by Kentucky folk ...
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]
The Rowan County War, (1884–1887) which occurred in Rowan County, Kentucky, centered in Morehead, Kentucky, was a feud that took place between the Martin-Tolliver clans & their supporters. In total, 20 people died and 16 were wounded. [1]
Kentucky Derby Museum: Louisville: Jefferson: Derby Region: Sports: American Thoroughbred horse racing museum Kentucky Folk Art Center: Morehead: Rowan: Kentucky's Appalachians: Art: Part of Morehead State University, self-taught art, exhibits of folk art, fine art, textiles, photography, and historical content Kentucky Gateway Museum Center ...
Rowan County (/ r aʊ n /, / ˈ r oʊ. ɪ n /) 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]
The C.H. Parsons Company was a regional department store chain headquartered in Ashland, Kentucky.Touted as "Eastern Kentucky's finest store", it served the entire eastern portion of the state from its large five-story "flagship" location on U.S. Routes 23 and 60, major regional arteries, in downtown Ashland.
Minnie Adkins is a Kentucky folk artist known for her painted wood carvings of animals – roosters, red foxes, bears, possums, and horses. She was born, 1934, in Isonville , a small town in rural Eastern Kentucky.