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The Cumberland River is a major waterway of the Southern United States.The 688-mile-long (1,107 km) [2] river drains almost 18,000 square miles (47,000 km 2) of southern Kentucky and north-central Tennessee.
Barbourville is a home rule-class city in Knox County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 3,165 at the 2010 census, [5] down from 3,589 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Knox County. [6] The city was formally established by the state assembly in 1812. [7]
Knox County is a county located in Appalachia near the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Kentucky.As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,193. [1] Its county seat is Barbourville. [2]
People work to clear a house from a bridge on KY-931 near the Whitesburg Recycling Center in Letcher County, Ky., on Friday, July 29, 2022. See photos of Eastern Kentucky before and after deadly ...
“The water systems are heavily damaged. Some are wiped out,” Gov. Andy Beshear said. “It’s going to take significant time and significant dollars to restore what was damaged.”
The water level begins dropping gradually on July 1, and winter pool (354 ft; 108 m) is reached by December 1. The spring rise starts April 1. The lake's water surface area varies accordingly from 57,920 acres (234.4 km 2 ) at summer pool to 45,210 acres (183.0 km 2 ) at winter pool.
The land was donated by the American Legion and the people of Barbourville, and marks the area where Kentucky pioneer Thomas Walker, a physician, built his cabin in 1750. [2] A representative cabin marks the spot of "the first house in Kentucky". [3] The site was dedicated in 1931. [4] A replica of the cabin can be toured.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Knox County, Kentucky. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Knox County , Kentucky , United States .