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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] |
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] |
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Bowling Green is a home rule-class city and the county seat of Warren County, Kentucky, United States. Founded by pioneers in 1798, Bowling Green was the provisional capital of Confederate Kentucky during the American Civil War. As of the 2020 census, its population of 72,294 made it the third-most-populous city in the state, after Louisville and Lexington; its metropolitan area, which is the fourth largest in the state after Louisville, Lexington, and Northern Kentucky, had an estimated population of 179,240; and the combined statistical area it shares with Glasgow has an estimated population of 233,560. In the 21st century, it is the location of numerous manufacturers, including General Motors, Spalding, and Fruit of the Loom. The Bowling Green Assembly Plant has been the source of all Chevrolet Corvettes built since 1981. Bowling Green is also home to Western Kentucky University and the National Corvette Museum. History Settlement and incorporation The first European ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Communities In Butler County, Kentucky
Unincorporated may refer to: * Unincorporated area, land not governed by a local municipality * Unincorporated entity, a type of organization * Unincorporated territories of the United States, territories under U.S. jurisdiction, to which Congress has determined that only select parts of the U.S. Constitution apply * Unincorporated association Unincorporated associations are one vehicle for people to cooperate towards a common goal. The range of possible unincorporated associations is nearly limitless, but typical examples are: :* An amateur football team who agree to hire a pitch onc ..., also known as voluntary association, groups organized to accomplish a purpose * ''Unincorporated'' (album), a 2001 album by Earl Harvin Trio {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Reedy, Kentucky
Big Reedy is an unincorporated community in the northwest corner of Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States, near the boundaries of Grayson and Butler counties. It is approximately due north of Bowling Green. Big Reedy is part of the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The Big Reedy community is named for Big Reedy Creek, a tributary of the Green River which drains the watershed along the Edmonson County side of the current Butler and Edmonson County lines; the adjacent Little Reedy Creek drains a similar area of Butler County. John May and company recorded surveying on Big Reedy Creek on November 14, 1783.Jillison, Willard Rouse. ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants, Deeds, and Wills of the Commonwealth of Kentucky''. Filson Club Publications #34, 1926; Reprinted Clearfield, 2008. The community was established prior to the 1825 formation of Edmonson County in the section of Edmonson which wa ... [...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] |
WLBQ
WLBQ (1570 AM), known locally on air as "BeechTree Radio," or simply as "The Q", is a radio station broadcasting a Classic Hits format. Licensed to Morgantown, Kentucky, United States, the station is currently owned by Beech Tree Publishing. Its transmitter is located along South Main Street (US 231/ KY 79), and the studios are located at 107 West Ohio Street in downtown Morgantown. History WLBQ's construction permit was granted by the FCC on November 13, 1975, with the call letters assigned on March 1, 1976. The station first signed on the air sometime in August 1976 when it became fully licensed. Its original owner was Joseph W. Meyers, doing business as Lincoln Broadcasting based in Hodgenville, Kentucky. The station was operated under the licensee name of Lincoln Broadcasting, which was renamed Butler County Broadcasting at some time in the 1977-1978 winter season. In June 1979, the station and the stock in Butler County Broadcasting was sold to the late Charles Black, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convenience Store
A convenience store, convenience shop, corner store or corner shop is a small retail business that stocks a range of everyday items such as coffee, groceries, snack foods, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery tickets, over-the-counter drugs, toiletries, newspapers and magazines. In some jurisdictions, convenience stores are licensed to sell alcoholic drinks, although many jurisdictions limit such beverages to those with relatively low alcohol content, like beer and wine. The stores may also offer money order and wire transfer services, along with the use of a fax, fax machine or photocopier for a small per-copy cost. Some also sell tickets or recharge smart cards, e.g. OPUS cards in Montreal. They differ from general stores and village shops in that they are not in a rural area, rural location and are used as a convenient supplement to larger stores. A convenience store may be part of a Filling station, gas/petrol station, so customers can purchase g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweeden, Kentucky
Sweeden is an unincorporated community in north-central Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States. The population of Sweeden's ZCTA was 171 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Code for Sweeden is 42285. Geography Sweeden is located approximately north of the county seat of Brownsville. It is bordered to the south by Lindseyville, to the north by Bee Spring, and to the east by Nolin Lake. It is one of the many communities in Edmonson County that borders Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave National Park is an American national park in west-central Kentucky 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 Sout .... Education Kyrock Elementary School, one of the five schools of the Edmonson County School System, is located just north of Sweeden. Transportation KY 259 runs through the middle of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrock, Kentucky
Kyrock is a ghost town in Edmonson County in south central Kentucky. The ghost town is located about east of Sweeden, or about north-northeast of the county seat of Brownsville. It was once a referred to as a “company town” along the Nolin River during much of the first half of the 20th century, but the industrial town was disincorporated in 1966, about nine years after the closure of the company that created the town. Kyrock was one of several other central Edmonson County communities located near Mammoth Cave National Park. History Kentucky Rock Asphalt Company In 1918, the town was incorporated into a town that was built by the Kentucky Rock Asphalt Company, which the town's name, Kyrock, is derived from. The company was the successor of an earlier mining company, the Wadsworth Stone and Pavement Company, which had operated quarries in areas along the Green River near the town of Asphalt, about west of Brownsville from around 1900 until the plant relocated to its n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonson County Schools
Edmonson County Schools is a public school district in Edmonson County, Kentucky, based in Brownsville. Schools The Edmonson County School District has two elementary schools, one school that houses 5th and 6th grade students, one middle school (which houses 7th and 8th grade students) and one high school. Elementary schools *Kyrock Elementary School -- Sweeden *South Edmonson Elementary School -- Chalybeate Middle schools *Edmonson County 5th and 6th Grade Center (5th and 6th grades) -- Brownsville *Edmonson County Middle School (7th and 8th grades) -- Brownsville High schools *Edmonson County High School—Brownsville Other *Edmonson County Alternative Learning Center (8-12) Former schools Preschools *Edmonson County Early Childhood Center—housed at the original Brownsville Elementary until late 2000s; now used as a shopping plaza housing several local businesses Elementary *Brownsville Elementary School (1959-200?) *Chalybeate Elementary School (1959-1981) *Sunfis ... [...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] |
