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Kentucky Route 44
Kentucky Route 44 (KY 44) is a 70.193 mile (112.965 km) long state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky managed and maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. KY 44 originates at a junction with U.S. Route 31W (Kentucky), U.S. Route 31W and U.S. Route 60 in Kentucky, U.S. Route 60 northeast of West Point, Kentucky, West Point. The Highway continues into Bullitt County, Kentucky, Bullitt County and passes through the towns of Shepherdsville, Kentucky, Shepherdsville and Mount Washington, Kentucky, Mt. Washington. In Shepherdsville, KY 44 is an exit along I-65 (KY), I-65 (Exit 117). From there, it enters Spencer County, Kentucky, Spencer County and passes through Taylorsville, Kentucky before briefly continuing into Shelby County, Kentucky, Shelby County and then passing into Anderson County, Kentucky, Anderson County. KY 44 terminates at a junction with U.S. Route 62 and U.S. Route 127 in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, Lawrenceburg. Route description Jefferson Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Point, Kentucky
West Point is a List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Hardin County, Kentucky, Hardin County, Kentucky, United States, near the edge of Fort Knox military reservation on U.S. Route 31W, Dixie Highway. It is located in a former meander bend of the Ohio River. The population was 797 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, down from 1,100 at the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. West Point is part of the Elizabethtown metropolitan area, Elizabethtown–Fort Knox Metropolitan Statistical Area. History West Point was founded by pioneer James Young, who built a cabin at the site in 1789 and, in 1797, built a brick house and inn that is still standing today. In 1803, Lewis and Clark passed nearby and recruited West Point citizen John Shields to join their Corps of Discovery. West Point sits at the confluence of the Ohio and Salt River (Kentucky), Salt rivers, a strategic position that led Union Army, Union forces to construct a fort here during the American C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville ( , , ) is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the 28th most-populous city in the United States. Louisville is the historical seat and, since 2003, the nominal seat of Jefferson County, on the Indiana border. Named after King Louis XVI of France, Louisville was founded in 1778 by George Rogers Clark, making it one of the oldest cities west of the Appalachians. With nearby Falls of the Ohio as the only major obstruction to river traffic between the upper Ohio River and the Gulf of Mexico, the settlement first grew as a portage site. It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and three of Kentucky's six ''Fortune'' 500 companies: Humana, Kindred Healthcare, and Yum! Brands. Muhamm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southville, Kentucky
Southville, Kentucky is an unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky. It is the location of, or nearest community to, several places listed on the National Register of Historic Places: *Carriss's Feed Store Carriss's Feed Store, located at KY 55 and KY 44 in Southville, Kentucky, was built in 1915. It is a work of James W. Adams. It has also been known as Southville Feed Store. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The N ..., built in 1915, at KY 55 and KY 44, Southville, (Adams, James W.), NRHP-listed * Carriss's Store, KY 714 and KY 53, Southville, (Adams, James W.), NRHP-listed * Dr. William Morris Office and House, KY 53, Southville, (Adams, James W.), NRHP-listed References Unincorporated communities in Shelby County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{ShelbyCountyKY-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kentucky Route 714
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] |
