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It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Bath 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 10 properties listed on the National Register in the ...
Bath County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census , the population was 12,750. [ 1 ] The county seat is Owingsville . [ 2 ]
Wayne County: 231: Monticello: 1800: Pulaski County and Cumberland County: Anthony Wayne (1745–96), Revolutionary War general 19,580: 459 sq mi (1,189 km 2) Webster County: 233: Dixon: 1860: Henderson County, Hopkins County, and Union County: Daniel Webster, U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and United States Secretary of State (1841–43; 1850 ...
This is a list of plantations (including plantation houses) in the U.S. state of Kentucky, which are: National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...
African Americans, who made up one-fourth of Kentucky's population prior to the Civil War, declined in number as many moved to the industrial North in the Great Migration. Today 44.2% of Kentucky's African American population is in Jefferson County and 52% are in the Louisville Metro Area.
Before 1750, Kentucky was populated nearly exclusively by Cherokee, Chickasaw, Shawnee and several other tribes of Native Americans [1] See also Pre-Columbian; April 13, 1750 • While leading an expedition for the Loyal Land Company in what is now southeastern Kentucky, Dr. Thomas Walker was the first recorded American of European descent to discover and use coal in Kentucky; [2]
The etymology of "Kentucky" or "Kentucke" is uncertain. One suggestion is that it is derived from an Iroquois name meaning "land of tomorrow". [1] According to Native America: A State-by-State Historical Encyclopedia, "Various authors have offered a number of opinions concerning the word's meaning: the Iroquois word kentake meaning 'meadow land', the Wyandotte (or perhaps Cherokee or Iroquois ...
Category: 1800 in Kentucky. ... E. 1800 Kentucky elections (3 P) This page was last edited on 5 June 2022, at 10:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...