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Monroe County is the only county of the 3,144 in the United States named for a President where the county seat is named for his vice-president. The county was formed in 1820; and named for James Monroe the fifth President, author of the Monroe Doctrine. [3] The county seat was named for Daniel Tompkins. They both served from 1817 to 1825.
Mud Lick, in Monroe County, is portrayed in the 1999 documentary film, American Hollow, documenting the close knit Bowling family of Mud Lick Hollow, Kentucky and its almost frozen in time aura. The area filmed by Rory Kennedy also takes place in Saul, Kentucky and is located in Perry County, Kentucky.
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.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 6 properties listed on the National Register in the ...
Gum Tree is an unincorporated community located in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States. It is concentrated around the intersection of Kentucky Route 678, Kentucky Route 870, and Kentucky Route 1366, northwest of Tompkinsville, north of Gamaliel, west of Mud Lick, Kentucky, and east of Flippin, Kentucky. Gum Tree is home to one of Monroe ...
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Buildings and structures in Monroe County, Kentucky (1 C, 1 P) G. Geography of Monroe County, Kentucky (3 C) P. People from Monroe County, Kentucky (1 C, 5 P) T.
Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) park in Monroe County, Kentucky. It features the Old Mulkey Meetinghouse, a Baptist church built around the turn of the 19th century, and its adjacent cemetery. The site became part of the park system in 1931. [2]