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Breathitt County (/ ˈbrɛˌθɪt / BREH-thit) is a county located in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,718. [1] Its county seat is Jackson. [2] The county was formed in 1839 and was named for John Breathitt, who was Governor of Kentucky from 1832 to 1834.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kentucky. This is a list of properties and historic districts in Kentucky that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in all of Kentucky's 120 counties. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude ...
The Kentucky River is a tributary of the Ohio River in Kentucky, United States. The 260-mile (420 km) river and its tributaries drain much of eastern and central Kentucky, passing through the Eastern Coalfield, the Cumberland Mountains, and the Bluegrass region. [2] Its watershed encompasses about 7,000 square miles (18,000 km 2), and it ...
Kentucky's regions (click on image for color-coding information) Kentucky can be divided into five primary regions: the Cumberland Plateau in the east, which contains much of the historic coal mines; the north-central Bluegrass region, where the major cities and the state capital (Frankfort) are located; the south-central and western Pennyroyal Plateau (also known as the Pennyrile or ...
Indian Knoll is an archaeological site near the Green River in Ohio County, Kentucky that was declared to be a U.S. National Historic Landmark. [1]Excavations of Indian Knoll during the Great Depression [2]: 115 were conducted by archaeologists from the University of Kentucky as part of WPA economic recovery efforts. [3]
January 16, 1980. (#74000893) Loretto. 37°38′52″N 85°20′56″W / 37.647778°N 85.348889°W / 37.647778; -85.348889 (Burks' Distillery) Marion. Producer of Maker's Mark bourbon whiskey. 4. Camp Nelson Historic and Archeological District. Camp Nelson Historic and Archeological District.
October 15, 1966. Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site is a 745-acre (3.01 km 2) park near Perryville, Kentucky. The park continues to expand with purchases of parcels by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves ' Kentucky Heritage Land Conservation Fund and the American Battlefield Trust.
May 2, 2001. The Stoner Creek Rural Historic District, in Bourbon County, Kentucky near Paris, Kentucky, is a 22,000 acres (89 km 2) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It included 526 contributing buildings, 207 contributing structures, seven contributing objects and 33 contributing sites.