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Monroe County is the only county of the 3,144 in the United States named for a President where the county seat is named for his vice-president. The county was formed in 1820; and named for James Monroe the fifth President, author of the Monroe Doctrine. [3] The county seat was named for Daniel Tompkins. They both served from 1817 to 1825.
Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) park in Monroe County, Kentucky. It features the Old Mulkey Meetinghouse, a Baptist church built around the turn of the 19th century, and its adjacent cemetery. The site became part of the park system in 1931. [2]
During a package show with Don Gibson, Baker met Monroe and was offered a job. He cut his first recordings with Monroe's Blue Grass Boys on December 15, 1957. [4] Baker served more years in Monroe's band than any other musician and was selected by Monroe to record the fiddle tunes passed down from Uncle Pen Vandiver.
Tompkinsville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Kentucky, United States. [4] The population was 2,309 at the 2020 census. [2] The city was named after Vice President Daniel D. Tompkins who served under President James Monroe, for whom the county was named.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe 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 ...
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... Time zone: UTC-6 ... 42157. GNIS feature ID: 498747 [1] Mount Hermon is an unincorporated community in Monroe County ...
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Fountain Run is located at (36.721319, -85.961398) [17] in western Monroe County, near the point where Allen, Monroe, and Barren counties come together Kentucky Route 100 passes through the south side of the community, leading east 18 miles (29 km) to Tompkinsville, the county seat, and west 16 miles (26 km) to Scottsville.