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By the 1830s, Maysville had a population of 3,000 and was the second-most important commercial city in Kentucky after Louisville. [25] Washington, the county seat, had dwindled in importance after a fire in 1825 and a series of deadly cholera epidemics.
Location of Mason County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Mason County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
The adjacent Presbyterian Church was built in Gothic style in 1850 following the destruction of an earlier Second Street church by fire. [2] John Armstrong, a local developer and industrialist, built the Mechanic's Row houses circa 1816. They are considered among the finest examples of New Orleans-inspired architecture in Kentucky.
Mason County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 17,120. [1] Its county seat is Maysville. [2] The county was created from Bourbon County, Virginia in 1788 and named for George Mason, a Virginia delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention known as the "Father of the Bill of Rights".
Fire departments in the state of Kentucky, United States. Pages in category "Fire departments in Kentucky" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) approved $75,000 to temporarily stabilize the bridge, which was completed in February 2018, per The Ledger Independent, but work to restore the bridge ...
The Big Sandy Expedition was an early campaign of the American Civil War in Kentucky that began in mid-September 1861 when Union Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson received orders to organize a new brigade at Maysville, Kentucky and conduct an expedition into the Big Sandy Valley region of Eastern Kentucky and stop the build-up of Confederate forces under Col. John S. Williams.
The Maysville Downtown Historic District or "downtown" is the area first settled and developed. Situated in the western part of Maysville, Kentucky, United States, the downtown is defined by a grid of streets laid out parallel to the northwest–southeast curve of the Ohio River. The area is essentially rectangular, four and a half blocks long ...