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Middlesboro, Kentucky
Middlesboro ()Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987p. 196 Accessed 26 August 2013. is a list of Kentucky cities, home rule-class city in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 10,334 at the 2010 U.S. census, while its Middlesborough, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, micropolitan area had a population of 69,060. It is located west of the Cumberland Gap and is the largest city in southeastern Kentucky. Retrieved on 2010-06-29 It is located entirely between Pine Mountain (ridge), Pine Mountain and the Cumberland Mountains in the Middlesboro Basin, Middlesboro crater, an enormous meteorite crater (one of three known astroblemes in the state). Name Originally founded by English businessmen, the town opened its first post office on September 14, 1888, under the name Middlesborough, presumably in honor of the Middlesbrough, English town of – at the time – the same name. The city was formally incorporated under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middletown, Kentucky
Middletown is an independent, List of cities in Kentucky, home rule-class city in Jefferson County, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Kentucky, United States, and a suburb of Louisville. The population was 7,218 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The city is home to the main campus of the largest church in the state (and one of the country's largest Protestant churches), the Southeast Christian Church. History The City of Middletown was originally incorporated in 1797 by the Jefferson County Court on 500 acres of land lying on a branch of the forks of Beargrass Creek that originally belonged to Jacob Meyers and Culberth Harrison. Though there is no recorded explanation why the city was named Middletown, it is commonly believed that that name was chosen because the town was in the "middle" of the two older cities of Louisville which was founded June 24, 1778, and Shelbyville, which was founded December 20, 1792. In 1871 the Kentucky General Assembly amended the original ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
