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KY 79
Kentucky Route 79 (KY 79) is a north–south state highway that traverses five counties in west-central Kentucky. It can be seen as an extension of U.S. Route 79 in Kentucky, U.S. Route 79 (US 79), as they have the same number and once intersected; KY 79 begins in the same city that US 79 ends, and both travel on a northeast–southwest diagonal path. Route description Logan County KY 79 starts at an intersection with Kentucky Route 3519, KY 3519, an old alignment of U.S. Route 431 in Kentucky, US 431, Main Street in downtown Russellville, Kentucky, Russellville, while U.S. Route 79 in Kentucky, US 79's end is currently at an intersection with U.S. Route 68 in Kentucky, US 68 and Kentucky Route 80, KY 80 on the eastern side of Russellville. KY 79 has an intersection with the four-lane divided US 68/KY 80 alignment. The two routes once met at the intersection of Main Street and Ninth Street, which carried the US 79 route to US 68 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russellville, Kentucky
Russellville is a home rule-class city in Logan County, Kentucky, in the United States. It is the seat of its county. The population was 6,960 at the time of the 2010 census. History Local historian Alex C. Finley has claimed the area was first settled by Gasper Butcher, as a frontier settlement of the Transylvania Colony of Virginia, around 1780, but others have questioned this claim. Although the area is known to have been called "Big Boiling Spring", "Gasper Butcher's Spring", and "Butcher's Station", W.R. Jillson was unable to find written records of any habitation before 1790. That year William Cook and his wife erected Cook's Cabin, accompanied by eighteen-year-old William Stewart.''The Kentucky Encyclopedia''p. 790 "Russellville". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1992. Accessed 4 October 2013. Also known as "Cook's Station", the community was located about east of the present city. It was renamed "Logan Court House" when i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |