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Kentucky. Evanston (also called Evanson) is an unincorporated settlement in Breathitt County, Kentucky. [1] Established in 1950, it was named for Everett J. Evans. [2]The settlement was managed by the Pond Creek Pocahontas Company, which established a coal mine in the same year.
Map of the presence of Rotary International. Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. The self-declared mission of Rotary, as stated on its website, is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through [the] fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders". [1]
The National Humane Alliance was founded in 1897 by Hermon Lee Ensign, a philanthropist and animal welfare advocate who had amassed a fortune in the advertising business. When he died in 1899, he left much of his wealth to build animal drinking fountains for any city that requested one.
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The pet food subsidiary of Mars, Incorporated (Mars Petcare) began research into pet nutrition in the early 1960s, formally founding a Nutrition Research Unit in 1965. [1] Originally the institute was housed at a nearby location but was moved to an old stud farm at Waltham-on-the-Wolds in 1973.
Sparta is located in southwestern Gallatin County. The center of town is in Gallatin County on the north side of Eagle Creek; the city limits extend south across the creek into Owen County and north for 3 miles (5 km) up Kentucky Route 35, past Interstate 71 at Exit 57 and encompassing all of the Kentucky Speedway north of the Interstate.
Glendale was the site of the first organized woman suffrage association in Kentucky. Mary Barr Clay included in her summary of Kentucky women's suffrage activities in the History of Woman Suffrage included a report given in The Revolution from Glendale: "We organized here an association with twenty members the first of October, 1867, and now have fifty.
Franklin is a home rule-class city [3] in and the county seat of Simpson County, Kentucky, United States. [4] The county is located on the south central border of the state, and its population was 10,176 at the 2020 census.