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Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,114. [1] Its county seat is Mount Sterling. [2] With regard to the sale of alcohol, it is classified as a moist county—a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a dry county), but containing a "wet" city where package alcohol sales are allowed, in this case Mount Sterling. [3]
21-54084. GNIS feature ID. 0498865. Website. mtsterling.ky.gov. Mount Sterling, often written as Mt. Sterling, [5] is a home rule-class city [6] in Montgomery County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 7,558 as of the 2020 census, [3] up from 6,895 in 2010. It is the county seat of Montgomery County and the principal city of the Mount ...
More images. July 17, 1997. (#97000675) Machpelan Cemetery, 1.5 miles east of the junction of U.S. Route 460 and Kentucky Route 713. 38°03′23″N 83°55′55″W / 38.056389°N 83.931944°W / 38.056389; -83.931944 (Confederate Monument of Mt. Sterling) Mount Sterling. 6. East Mount Sterling Historic District. East Mount ...
Battle. On June 8, 1864, General John Hunt Morgan 's Cavalry attacked U.S. forces guarding a vital supply depot at Mount Sterling. The C.S. forces attacked the U.S. Army camp in Mount Sterling under the command of Captain Edward Barlow. The Confederates captured 380 prisoners and material and took $59,000 from Farmers' Bank.
The Battle of Little Mountain, also known as Estill's Defeat, was fought on March 22, 1782, near Mount Sterling in what is now Montgomery County, Kentucky.One of the bloodiest engagements of the Kentucky frontier, the battle has long been the subject of controversy resulting from the actions of one of Captain James Estill's officers, William Miller, who ordered a retreat that left the rest of ...
Wolfe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,562. [1] Its county seat is Campton. [2] The county is named for Nathaniel Wolfe, one of the first two graduates of the University of Virginia School of Laws in 1829 and a loyal Unionist attorney for Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Sterling in 1846, purchased the tract of land at the east end of East Main Street on which they developed Machpelah Cemetery. The cemetery originally was a joint venture with the Masons, but soon the I.O.O.F. became the sole trustee and continues to manage and maintain the cemetery. [citation needed] The name "Machpelah" has a Biblical origin ...
Website. www.perrycounty.ky.gov. Perry County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,473. [1] Its county seat is Hazard. [2] The county was founded in 1820. [3] Both the county and county seat are named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero in the War of 1812.