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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. Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan's first Kentucky raid occurred here on July 9, 1862. Morgan's Raiders, coming from Tennessee, attacked Major Thomas ...
Barren County, Hart County, Green County, Adair County, Cumberland County and Monroe County: Thomas Metcalfe, tenth Governor of Kentucky (1828–32) 10,482: 291 sq mi (754 km 2) Monroe County: 171: Tompkinsville: 1820: Barren County and Cumberland County: James Monroe, President of the United States (1817–25) 11,306: 331 sq mi (857 km 2 ...
The list shows the population of each county as of the 2000 U.S. Census; cities in Virginia, which are legally independent of counties, are included within the county with which they were historically associated. It also gives the following four variables: 3-year average unemployment rate, based on data collected 2006–2008
Tompkinsville is located just east of the center of Monroe County at (36.699508, -85.692005 Kentucky Routes 63 and 100 pass through the city together as South Main Street, with KY 63 turning onto West 4th Street and KY 100 turning onto North Magnolia Street.
Fountain Run is located at (36.721319, -85.961398) [17] in western Monroe County, near the point where Allen, Monroe, and Barren counties come together Kentucky Route 100 passes through the south side of the community, leading east 18 miles (29 km) to Tompkinsville, the county seat, and west 16 miles (26 km) to Scottsville.
Lexington is a consolidated city coterminous with and the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States.As of the 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the second-most populous city in Kentucky (after Louisville), the 14th-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 59th-most populous city in the United States.
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 ...
Protected areas of Monroe County, Kentucky (3 P) This page was last edited on 3 November 2011, at 04:59 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...