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Jetson, Kentucky
Jetson is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States. Geography and location The community is located at , along Kentucky Route 70 at its junction with KY 1328 (Leonard Oak Road) and KY 411 (Love Lee Road) in eastern Butler County. KY 70 leads about west to the Morgantown/Aberdeen area, and east to Roundhill and the county's eastern boundary with Edmonson County. Education Students in Reedyville attend Butler County Schools in Morgantown, including Butler County Middle and high schools. Since early 2005, the closest elementary school to the community is North Butler Elementary, located along KY 70 about halfway between Aberdeen and Jetson. Elementary students previously attended Fourth District Elementary School, which was based in Jetson. It, along with Fifth District Elementary in Welcome, consolidated to establish North Butler Elementary in the fall of 2005. Temple Hill General Baptist Church purchased the old Fourth District building in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or List of uninhabited regions, uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local government in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgantown, Kentucky
Morgantown is a home rule-class city in, and the seat of Butler County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,471 at the time of the 2020 Census History The settlement may have originally been called Funkhouser Hill after Christopher Funkhouser, the local landowner who donated of land to establish a seat for the newly formed Butler County in 1811.Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names''p. 203 University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 August 2013. The etymology of the city's present name (originally written Morgan Town) is uncertain. It may have been chosen to honor a hunter named Morgan or to honor Daniel Morgan Smith, the first white child born in the town. It was incorporated as Morgantown by the state assembly in 1813, although the post office also went by the name Butler Court House during the 19th century. Granville Allen, a member of the 17th Kentucky Infantry, was one of the first Union soldiers to die in the Civil War, in a skirmish on Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Postal Service
The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U.S., including its insular areas and associated states. It is one of the few government agencies explicitly authorized by the U.S. Constitution. The USPS, as of 2021, has 516,636 career employees and 136,531 non-career employees. The USPS traces its roots to 1775 during the Second Continental Congress, when Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general; he also served a similar position for the colonies of the Kingdom of Great Britain. The Post Office Department was created in 1792 with the passage of the Postal Service Act. It was elevated to a cabinet-level department in 1872, and was transformed by the Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 into the U.S. Postal Service as an independent agency. Since the early 1980s, m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Post Office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional services, which vary by country. These include providing and accepting government forms (such as passport applications), and processing government services and fees (such as road tax, postal savings, or bank fees). The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster. Before the advent of postal codes and the post office, postal systems would route items to a specific post office for receipt or delivery. During the 19th century in the United States, this often led to smaller communities being renamed after their post offices, particularly after the Post Office Department began to require that post office names not be duplicated within a state. Name The term "post-office" has been in use since the 1650s, shortly after the legali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welcome, Kentucky
Welcome is an unincorporated community located in Butler County, Kentucky, United States. Origin Geography Welcome is located in the north-central portion of Butler County. Kentucky Route 79 (KY 79) is the major artery through the community, leading south to the Morgantown/Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and ... area, and north to Welchs Creek and Caneyville. Just west of the community, KY 2713 connects the area with the nearby community of Dexterville. References Unincorporated communities in Butler County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{ButlerCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler County High School
Butler County High School is a four-year public high school in Morgantown, Kentucky, United States. The principal is Stoye Young. History The school was established in 1952 following the consolidation of the county's rural high schools prior to the 1952-53 academic year. Athletics The Butler County High School athletic teams are known as the Bears. The school colors are blue and white. All teams compete under the authority of the KHSAA. The boys and girls basketball teams compete in a division that includes Edmonson County, Whitesville Trinity, Grayson County High School basketball teams. The football team competes in the KHSAA at the class 3A level, with Edmonson County and Grayson County High Schools serving as the main rivals. All of Butler County High School's football, baseball, softball, and basketball events are broadcast by locally based radio station WLBQ, which broadcasts at 1570 AM and on 101.5 and 103.5 FM via translators W268CE and W278DA, respectively. Ban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler County Schools (Kentucky)
Butler County Schools is a public school district in Butler County, Kentucky. The school board is based in Morgantown, Kentucky, USA. Their mascot is the bears for high school and middle school. Morgantown Elementary's mascot is the patriots, and North Butler Elementary school's mascot is the cubs. All schools here have great teachers, who connect with the children. Schools The Butler County School District consists of two elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. Elementary schools *North Butler Elementary School – KY 70 near Brooklyn (established 2005) *Morgantown Elementary School – 210 Cemetery Street, Morgantown Middle schools *Butler County Middle School – Morgantown High schools *Butler County High School – Morgantown * Green River School – Boys' Camp Road off US 231 near the Interstate 165 Exit 34 interchange Cromwell Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DeLorme
DeLorme is the producer of personal satellite tracking, messaging, and navigation technology. The company’s main product, ''inReach'', integrates GPS and satellite technologies. ''inReach'' provides the ability to send and receive text messages anywhere in the world (including when beyond cell phone range) by using the Iridium satellite constellation. By pairing with a smart phone, navigation is possible with access to free downloadable topographic maps and NOAA charts. On February 11, 2016, the company announced that it had been purchased by Garmin, a multinational producer of GPS products and services.Garmin® Signs Purchase Agreement to Acquire DeLorme® 11 February 2016 DeLorme also produces printed atlas and topographic software prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonson County, Kentucky
Edmonson County is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,126. Its county seat is Brownsville. The county was formed in 1825 and named for Captain John "Jack" Edmonson (1764–1813), who was killed at the Battle of Frenchtown during the War of 1812. This is a dry county where the sale of alcohol is prohibited. Edmonson County is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Edmonson County was established on January 12, 1825, from land given by Grayson, Hart and Warren counties. A courthouse built in 1873 replaced a former structure rendered unfit when its floor collapsed. Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.7%) is water. Adjacent counties * Grayson County (north) * Hart County (east) * Barren County (southeast) * Warren County (southwest) * Butler County (west) National protected ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roundhill, Kentucky
Roundhill is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States, situated on Butler County's eastern boundary with Edmonson County. Geography Roundhill is located on the county line between Butler and Edmonson counties at , at a crossroad intersection of State Highways 70 and 185. KY 70 leads west to Morgantown, and east to Brownsville. KY 185 leads north to Caneyville, and south to Bowling Green. The town is located along the Big Reedy Creek, a tributary of the Green River. Roundhill is part of the Bowling Green MSA, but it is part of Kentucky's Western Coal Fields region. Education Because of the community's extremely-close proximity to the Butler-Edmonson County line, it is on the boundary of two school districts based in Morgantown and Brownsville, respectively. Students west and/or south of the KY 70 and KY 185 junction attend Butler County Schools based in Morgantown, while students east and/or north of the junction attend Edmonson County ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aberdeen, Kentucky
Aberdeen is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Butler County, Kentucky, United States. History Geography Aberdeen is located in central Butler County, at the junction of U.S. Highway 231 and Kentucky Routes 70 and 79, just across the bridge over the Green River from Morgantown. All three routes lead southwest to Morgantown immediately across the bridge. US 231 leads northwest to Cromwell and Beaver Dam. KY 70 leads east to Roundhill and Brownsville, and KY 79 leads northeast to Caneyville. The community can also be accessed directly from the Exit 33 interchange of Interstate 165 near the Butler/ Ohio County line. Post office Aberdeen has a local post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ... with ZIP code 42201. References Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Route 411
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia to the east; Tennessee to the south; and Missouri to the west. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River. Its capital is Frankfort, and its two largest cities are Louisville and Lexington. Its population was approximately 4.5 million in 2020. Kentucky was admitted into the Union as the 15th state on June 1, 1792, splitting from Virginia in the process. It is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on Kentucky bluegrass, a species of green grass found in many of its pastures, which has supported the thoroughbred horse industry in the center of the state. Historically, it was known for excellent farming conditions for this reason and the development of large tobacco plantations akin to those in Virginia and North Carolina in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
