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Vanceburg is located in northern Lewis County on the south bank of the Ohio River. Kentucky Route 9/10, the AA Highway, runs through the southern part of the city, leading west 16 miles (26 km) to Tollesboro.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Lewis 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 ...
The Union Monument in Vanceburg in Lewis County, Kentucky, in Vanceburg, Kentucky, commemorates the Union soldiers of the American Civil War.. The monument was built in 1884 by the citizens of Lewis County, which was a Union stronghold during the war and one of the few places in Kentucky that was still more sympathetic to the Union cause by the 1880s.
Kentucky Route 59 (KY 59) is a 25.999-mile-long (41.841 km) state highway in Kentucky. Route description ... In Vanceburg, KY 59 intersects with KY 9, ...
One of only two monuments in Kentucky meant to honor both sides 40: Lewis: Union Monument in Vanceburg: 1884 Vanceburg: Limestone monument erected by the citizens of the county as a memorial to the men of the county who were killed in action while fighting for the Union.
Kentucky was part of Virginia until 1792. The District of Kentucky began with three counties: Fayette, Jefferson and Lincoln and Fayette. Part of Fayette County was split off as Bourbon County in 1785; a portion of Bourbon was split off in 1788 as Mason County; in 1806 Lewis County was split off from Mason and named for Meriwether Lewis of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Kentucky Route 8 is a 114.202-mile-long (183.790 km) east–west state highway divided into two distinct segments across northern Kentucky. The western terminus of the route is at KY 237 near Francisville. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 23 in South Portsmouth. The two distinct segments of this route were not meant to be connected together.
Kinniconick is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, Kentucky, United States, that sets along the bank of Kinniconick Creek, a prevalent creek which flows for nearly 100 miles through the county. Found listed on French explorer maps as “Connoconoque,” the name “Kinniconick” is believed to be of Shawnee origin, either meaning ...