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Monroe County is a county located in the Eastern Pennyroyal Plateau region of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Tompkinsville. [1] The county is named for President James Monroe. It was a prohibition or dry county until November 7, 2023, when voters approved the sale of alcohol. [2]
Flippin [nb 1] is an unincorporated community located in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States.A small residential village and community surround the intersections of Kentucky Route 249, Kentucky Route 678, and Kentucky Route 100, approximately 3.6 miles (5.8 km) south of the Monroe-Barren County line, where the South Fork and main stream of Indian Creek converge.
The Monroe County Citizen, known simply as The Citizen, is a weekly newspaper in south-central Kentucky. Headquartered in Tompkinsville , the newspaper serves Monroe County , including Tompkinsville, Gamaliel , and Fountain Run .
The Tompkinsville National Cemetery was located on the corner of 2nd & Emberton Streets in Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky. The cemetery is known today as The Old Soldiers Cemetery. The old Civil War cemetery was marked with a Kentucky Historical Society Roadside Marker on July 9, 2012. [1]
Born on October 29, 1937, in Thousandsticks, Kentucky, [1] Sonny Osborne's father was a farmer, teacher, and amateur banjo, guitar, and fiddle player. His older brother Bobby began playing bluegrass music after the family moved to Dayton, Ohio in 1941. [2] Circa August 2021, when Osborne suffered a stroke, he was married to his wife, Judy.
John H. Mulkey was born in Monroe County, Kentucky on May 24, 1824. He was the second son born to physician Isaac Mulkey and Abigail Ragin. The family moved to LaFayette, Kentucky when Mulkey was young. Upon reaching adulthood, Mulkey moved to nearby Hopkinsville, Kentucky to apprentice as a tailor.
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Tompkinsville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Kentucky, United States. [4] The population was 2,309 at the 2020 census. [2] The city was named after Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins who served under President James Monroe, for whom the county was named.