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The Woolsey Fire was a wildfire that started in Los Angeles County and spread north to neighboring Ventura County, both located in the U.S. state of California. The fire ignited on November 8, 2018 and wasn't fully contained until November 21, 2018.
English: Terra Satellite image of the smoke plume from the Woolsey Fire on November 9, 2018 Français : Nuage ( Pyrocumulus ) formé par le panache de fumée d'un incendie, observé par le satellite Terra (NASA/MODIS), lors de l'incendie Woolsey Fire le 9 novembre 2018, au Nord-Ouest de Los-Angeles
Because today's largest county by area, Pike County, is 788 square miles (2,041 km 2), it is only still possible to form a new county from portions of more than one existing county; McCreary County was formed in this manner, from parts of Wayne, Pulaski and Whitley counties. Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776.
English: The smoke plume from the fast-moving Woolsey Fire encroaching on Malibu on November 9, 2018, as residents evacuate along the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) Français : Nuage dense généré à partir de l'immense panache de fumée de l'incendie de forêt Woolsey Fire arrivant sur Malibu le 9 novembre 2018, alors que les résidents ...
Grayson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,420. [1] Its county seat is Leitchfield. [2] The county was formed in 1810 and named for William Grayson (1740–1790), a Revolutionary War colonel and a prominent Virginia political figure.
Campbell County was founded December 17, 1794, two years after the creation of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, becoming the state's 19th county. Campbell County was carved out of Scott, Harrison and Mason counties. [5] The original county included all of present Boone, Kenton, Pendleton, and most of Bracken and Grant counties.
The county was formed, as Kentucky's 95th county, from portions of Harlan, Perry, and Pike counties, and named for Robert P. Letcher, who was the governor of Kentucky at that time. Its county seat, Whitesburg, was called Summit City before becoming the county seat. The city was renamed from Summit City to Whitesburg in 1842, in honor of John D ...
Rosine (/ r oʊ ˈ z iː n /) is an unincorporated community in Ohio County, Kentucky, United States. [3] Bill Monroe, The Father of Bluegrass, is buried in the Rosine Cemetery and memorialized with a bronze cast disk affixed to the barn where his music remains alive.