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Ohio County was formed in 1798 from land taken from Hardin County. [3] Ohio was the 35th Kentucky county in order of formation. [4] It was named for the Ohio River, which originally formed its northern boundary, but it lost its northern portions in 1829, when Daviess County and Hancock County were formed.
There are 19 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, of which 1 is a National Historic Landmark and 6 are part of another National Historic Landmark spread across multiple counties. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 24, 2025. [2]
Utica was probably founded in the early 1800s and named after the City of Utica, New York. Mill Street, which is the first side road on KY 140, was named after the flour mill that was located behind JR's Market. The first property on Mill Street was a passenger train station in the late 1800s to early 1900s that ferried people to the river town ...
Daviess County (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ s / "Davis"), is a county in Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 103,312. [1] Its county seat is Owensboro. [2] The county was formed from part of Ohio County on January 14, 1815. Daviess County is included in the Owensboro, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Beaver Dam is a home rule-class city [3] in Ohio County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 3,409 at the 2010 census , and it is the most populous community in the county. It is named for the Beaver Dam Baptist Church which predates the town by several decades. [ 4 ]
Rockport is located at (37.336428, −86.992778 The city is situated along the Green River northeast of Central City. U.S. Route 62 traverses the city.. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2), of which 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) (5.00%) is water.
The former Union Station in 2018. In 1814, John Gano, Richard Gano, and Thomas Carneal purchased The Point, 150 acres (0.6 km 2) of land on the west side of the Licking River at its confluence with the Ohio, from Thomas Kennedy for $50,000, and laid out the settlement of Covington the next year. [7]
Kentucky Route 919 (KY 919) is a 6.416-mile-long (10.326 km) rural secondary highway in north-eastern Ohio County that begins at KY 878 north along Davidson Road. The road then crosses the Rough River making its way to a county maintained road called Shreve Road. The road finally ends at KY 54 where it meets its northern terminus.