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Hazard is a home rule-class city [5] in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Kentucky, United States. [6] The population was 5,263 at the 2020 census . [ 7 ]
The French–Eversole feud was a long-running dispute between two American families which occurred primarily from 1887 to 1894 in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky, mainly in the town of Hazard in Perry County. The two instigators of the feud were Joseph C. Eversole and Benjamin Fulton French, who were both merchants and lawyers and at one ...
Website. www.perrycounty.ky.gov. Perry County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,473. [1] Its county seat is Hazard. [2] The county was founded in 1820. [3] Both the county and county seat are named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero in the War of 1812.
Eversole was born on July 26, 1852 to Cavalry (14th Kentucky) Major John C. Eversole (1828–1864) and Nancy Ann Duff (1828–1900). He was one of nine known children. The Eversole, Duff, Combs, and Cornett families were early settlers of what became Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky.
Location. Hazard, Kentucky. Opened. 1940. The Mother Goose House is a bed and breakfast and monument in Hazard, Kentucky. In 1930, Hazard resident George Stacy took inspiration to build a home in the shape of a goose after his wife had skinned the body of one he had brought home for Thanksgiving. Construction started on the Mother Goose in 1935 ...
The Kentucky River basin, including North Fork and its tributaries, suffered a major flood in January and February 1957. [ 22] Hazard was the worst hit place in the entire basin, with all highways blocked, all utilities out of operation, and the main streets under anywhere up to 17 feet (5.2 m) of floodwater. [ 23]
Elijah was the Founder of Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky on November 2, 1820, which he named after General Oliver Hazard Perry, a hero of the War of 1812. Perry County was formed by the Kentucky General Assembly from portions of Clay and Floyd Counties in Kentucky. Elijah Combs. In addition to founding Hazard, Elijah was a Whig politician.
Breathitt County, Clay County, and Estill County: William Owsley, Kentucky Secretary of State and later Governor of Kentucky (1844–48) 4,001: 198 sq mi (513 km 2) Pendleton County: 191: Falmouth: 1798: Campbell County and Bracken County: Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), member of the Continental Congress: 14,810: 280 sq mi (725 km 2) Perry ...