Airdrie, also known as Airdrie Hill, is a

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Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Muhlenberg County () is a county in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,928. Its county seat is Greenville and its largest city is Central City. History Muhlenberg County was formed in 1798 from ...

. It was established around 1855 by Robert Alexander on a hilly property along the Green River.

History

Alexander, a Scottish descendant born in Kentucky, purchased 17,000 acres to develop an ironwork foundry. He named it after Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland where his parents lived and from where he brought over several Scottish miners and their families. By 1856, the incorporated town had 200 residents but the project failed by 1857 due to the Scots not being familiar with American ore and ironwork practices. In 1866

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, a Civil War general, bought part of the land to prospect for oil but was unsuccessful leading to the town's eventual abandonment. The furnace stack and other ironworks remnants still remain on the land.

Geography

Airdrie was located in eastern Muhlenberg County; it was just north of

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, another abandoned ghost town in the area. The general area is along Rockport–Paradise Road.

Notable residents

* Chasteen C. Stumm

References

{{Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Geography of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky 1850s establishments in Kentucky Ghost towns in Kentucky

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Notable residents

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