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| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Mason |
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| - Total | 22. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of the one hundred Mason County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 3 sq mi (57. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 6 km²) |
| - Land | 19. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 9 sq mi (51. 6 km²) |
| - Water | 2. 3 sq mi (6. 1 km²) |
| Elevation | 541 ft (165 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 8,993 |
| - Density | 451. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6/sq mi (174. 4/km²) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 41056 |
| Area code(s) | 606 |
| FIPS code | 21-51024 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0517025 |
Maysville is the county seat of Mason County, Kentucky, United States. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Area code 606 is a Telephone Area code serving the easternmost part of the state of Kentucky. Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout A county seat is a term for an Administrative center for a County, primarily used in the United States. Mason County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the [1] As of the 2000 census, the population was 8,993, making it the fiftieth largest city in Kentucky by population. [2] [3] Maysville is on the Ohio River, 66 miles northeast of Lexington, Kentucky. The Ohio River is the largest Tributary by volume of the Mississippi River. Lexington (officially Lexington-Fayette Urban County is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 68th largest in the United States. Two bridges cross the Ohio River from Maysville to Aberdeen, Ohio: the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge built in 1931, and the William H. Harsha Bridge built in 2001. Aberdeen is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. The Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge is a Suspension bridge built in 1931 and originally opened with a toll The William H Harsha bridge is a Cable-stayed bridge that connects Maysville Kentucky and Aberdeen Ohio over the Ohio River.
Maysville was historically important in the settlement of the Kentucky bluegrass region. The Bluegrass Region is a region of the United States, mostly in northern Kentucky, containing a majority of the state's population Frontiersmen Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone were among its founders. Simon Kenton ( April 3, 1755 - April 29, 1836) was a famous United States Frontiersman and friend of the renowned Daniel Daniel Boone ( &ndash September 26 1820 was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes Later Maysville was an important port for the northeastern section of the state, exporting the region's production of hemp and tobacco. This article is about the cultivation and uses of industrial hemp not its psychoactive cousin Cannabis (drug. Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. [4] It was once a center of wrought-iron manufacture, sending fancy ironwork down the Ohio to decorate the buildings of New Orleans, Louisiana. QtubIronPillarJPG|thumb|right| Iron pillar at Delhi India containing 98% wrought iron]] Wrought iron is commercially pure Iron. Ironwork is any Weapon, artwork, Utensil or architectural feature made of Iron especially used for decoration New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana [5] Other small manufacturers located early in Maysville, and manufacture remains an important part of the modern economy. [6] For most of the twentieth century, Maysville was home to one of the largest tobacco auction warehouse systems in the world. [7]
Maysville was an important stop on the Underground Railroad, as the free state of Ohio was just across the river. The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and Safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States The free states of the United States existed in opposition to the Slave states prior to the American Civil War. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads [8] Harriet Beecher Stowe visited the area in 1833 and witnessed a slave auction in front of the county court house in Washington (then the county seat, since annexed to Maysville). Harriet Beecher Stowe (June 14 1811 – July 1 1896 was an American Author and Abolitionist, whose Novel Uncle Tom's Cabin Washington was a small village near the Ohio River, one of the first two settlements in the U Annexation ( Latin ad, to and nexus, joining is the legal incorporation of some territory into another geo-political entity (either adjacent or non-contiguous [9] Stowe included the scene in her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852. Uncle Tom's Cabin; or Life Among the Lowly is an anti- Slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe.
The Rosemary Clooney Music Festival, founded by the singer in 1999 to benefit the restoration of the Russell Theater, is held in Maysville each year. Rosemary Clooney ( May 23, 1928 &ndash June 29, 2002) was an American Singer and actress whose warm radiant [10] Past performers at the festival include Debby Boone, Rita Coolidge, Michael Feinstein, Roberta Flack, Alison Krauss, The Pointer Sisters, and Linda Ronstadt. Debby Boone (born Deborah Ann Boone, on September 22 1956) is an American Singer and theater actress. Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945, in Lafayette Tennessee) is a Grammy Award-winning American singer Michael Feinstein (born September 7, 1956) is an American Singer, a Pianist, music revivalist, and an interpreter of and Roberta Flack (born February 10, 1937) is an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who is notable in the areas of Jazz Alison Krauss ( born July 23 1971 is an American bluegrass - country singer and Fiddle player The Pointer Sisters are an American Grammy Award -winning Pop / R&B recording act from Oakland, California that achieved Linda Maria Ronstadt (born July 15 1946 in Tucson Arizona) is an American popular vocalist and Entertainer whose vocal styles in a variety [11]
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Maysville is located on the Ohio River at the mouth of Limestone Creek. It occupies the narrow river plain and the steep hills rising from it, giving city the prospect of an Italian hill town. Built upon hills for defensive purposes surrounded by thick defensive walls steep embankments or cliffs these Italian hilltop settlements provided natural defenses for their earliest inhabitants [12] The city now extends inland to the former town of Washington, which was annexed by Maysville in 1990. Washington was a small village near the Ohio River, one of the first two settlements in the U [13] The city has a total area of 22. 25 square miles (57. 6 km²), of which 19. 91 square miles (51. 6 km²) is land and 2. 3 square miles (6. 1 km²), or 10. 52%, is water. [2] [3] Maysville is at Ohio River mile marker 408. A River mile is a measure of distance in Miles along a River from its mouth. 7, and is 100 miles downriver from Huntington, West Virginia and 62 miles upriver from Cincinnati, Ohio. Huntington is a city located in the State of West Virginia along the Ohio River. [14] [15]
Buffalo used to ford the Ohio at this place, beating a broad path into the interior of Kentucky in search of salt. The American bison ( Bison bison) is a Bovine Mammal, also commonly known as the American buffalo. A salt lick is a Salt deposit that animals regularly lick In an ecosystem salt/mineral licks sometimes occur naturally providing the Sodium, Calcium Settlers traveling down the Ohio found a natural harbor at Limestone Creek, and the buffalo trace was a natural path into the bluegrass region, extending all the way to Lexington, Kentucky. Lexington (officially Lexington-Fayette Urban County is the second-largest city in Kentucky and the 68th largest in the United States. [8] [16] Frontiersman Simon Kenton made the first settlement in the area in 1775 but was forced out by the western battles of the American Revolution. Simon Kenton ( April 3, 1755 - April 29, 1836) was a famous United States Frontiersman and friend of the renowned Daniel Background When the American Revolutionary War began in 1775 the Ohio River marked a tenuous border between the American colonies and the American Indians of the Ohio Returning in 1784, Kenton built a blockhouse at the site of Maysville and founded Kenton's Station (frontier fort) at a site three miles inland. In Military science, a blockhouse is a small isolated Fort in the form of a single building [17] [18] Kenton would meet settlers at Limestone, as the landing place was called, and escort them inland to his station. In 1786 the village which grew up near Kenton's Station was established by act of the Virginia General Assembly as the town of Washington[19]. The Virginia General Assembly is the legislative body of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Washington was a small village near the Ohio River, one of the first two settlements in the U By this time John May had acquired the land at Limestone and Daniel Boone had established a trading post and tavern there. Daniel Boone ( &ndash September 26 1820 was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes A trading post is a place where the trading of goods takes place A tavern or pot-house is loosely a place of Business where people gather to drink Alcoholic beverages and more than likely also be served Food In 1787 the little settlement was incorporated as Maysville, though the name Limestone persisted well into the nineteenth century. A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns [20]
In 1788, when Mason County was organized and Washington was named its county seat, Maysville was still a rude collection of warehouses and wharves, with few dwellings. Mason County is a County located in the US state of Kentucky. In 1795 the conclusion of the Northwest Indian War reduced the likelihood of Indian attacks from across the Ohio and allowed Maysville to begin to flourish. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. [9] Zane's Trace, a road from Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), to the bank of the Ohio River opposite Maysville, was completed in 1797 and stimulated ferry traffic across the river. "Zane's Trace" is the name for a frontier road constructed under the direction of Col Wheeling is a city in West Virginia, in the United States. Most of the city is in Ohio County, with a small [21] By 1807 Maysville was one of two principal ports in Kentucky, but was still a place that goods and people passed through, having only about sixty dwellings. [22] In 1811 the first steamboat came down the Ohio from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, passing Maysville on its way to New Orleans. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller [23] With the coming of the steamboat, both Maysville's size and population expanded rapidly. [6]
Southwest from Maysville the road followed the old buffalo trace to Lexington, and was known both as the Maysville Road and the Limestone Road. It was maintained by the various counties through which it passed with local labor from the county levies. [24] The road was rough and during certain seasons practically impassable.
In 1829 the Maysville, Washington, Paris and Lexington Turnpike Road Company was authorized by an act of the Kentucky legislature for the purpose of constructing a modern roadway along the route of the old Limestone Road. The Kentucky General Assembly, also called the Kentucky Legislature, is the state legislature of the U Users would be charged to maintain the road and to pay back the shareholders who had advanced the money to build it. A mutual shareholder or stockholder is an Individual or company (including a Corporation) that legally owns one or more shares of The act included a provision setting aside blocks of shares for purchase by the federal government. The federal government of the United States is the central United States Governmental body established by the United States Constitution. Henry Clay, an influential Kentucky politician and proponent of the American System, argued that the Maysville Road would benefit the nation as part of a larger road terminating in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was therefore a proper project for federal funding. Henry Clay Sr ( April 12, 1777 &ndash June 29, 1852) was a nineteenth-century American statesman and Orator who The American System was a Mercantilist economic plan based on the " American School " ideas of Alexander Hamilton, expanded upon later by Friedrich [25]
In 1830, Congress passed a bill authorizing the purchase of shares in the turnpike company. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses A toll road, (also known as a tollway, turnpike, pike, or toll highway, especially if it is constructed to Freeway standards President Andrew Jackson, a bitter rival of Clay, vetoed the bill, arguing that the project was of purely local benefit and therefore using federal funds to underwrite it was unconstitutional. Andrew Jackson (March 15 1767 June 8 1845 was the seventh President of the United States (1829&ndash1837 A veto, Latin for "I forbid" is used to Denote that a certain party has the right to stop unilaterally a certain piece of Legislation. Constitutionality is the status of a law, a procedure or an act's accordance with the laws or guidelines set forth in the applicable Constitution. The Maysville Road veto was one of Jackson's first acts in aligning the federal government with the principles of Jacksonian democracy. Jacksonian Democracy refers to the political philosophy of United States President Andrew Jackson and his supporters [26]
An attempt to override Jackson's veto failed, but the controversy over the Maysville Road veto continued for some time. In the United States Congress can override a presidential Veto by having a two-thirds majority vote in both the House of Representatives and Senate In the event, the turnpike was completed in 1835 with funding from local entities and private investment. It was the first macadamized road in the state. Macadam is a type of Road construction pioneered by the Scotsman John Loudon McAdam in around 1820 [27] Today is it U. S. Route 68. [9]
By the 1830s Maysville had a population of 3,000 and was the second city in Kentucky after Louisville. [4] Washington, the county seat, had dwindled in importance after a fire in 1825 and a series of deadly cholera epidemics. [13] [19] A proposal to move the county government from Washington to Maysville was bitterly fought but passed by a slender margin in 1848. Maysville donated its city hall, completed in 1846, to the county for a court house. [6] [12]
The Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge is a suspension bridge built in 1931 and originally opened with a toll. The Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge is a Suspension bridge built in 1931 and originally opened with a toll This article is concerned with a particular type of suspension bridge the suspended-deck type Those tolls were removed in 1945 to much fanfare - including celebrations from the local Rotary and Lions club, and a parade in downtown Maysville. It crosses the Ohio River. Its main span is 323 meters (1,060 feet) long, and the total length of the bridge is 607 meters (1,991 feet). It connects Maysville, Kentucky and Aberdeen, Ohio. Aberdeen is a village in Brown County, Ohio, United States, along the Ohio River. It is currently in use and is not slated for demolition as the bridge was closed for refurbishment in 2001 after the William H. Harsha Bridge was completed. The William H Harsha bridge is a Cable-stayed bridge that connects Maysville Kentucky and Aberdeen Ohio over the Ohio River.
The Simon Kenton Suspension Bridge opened to traffic at 10:30 AM on Nov. 25, 1931, at a cost of $1. 6 million. [28] In 2002, a $5. 8 million renovation job replaced the deck of the Ohio River crossing. A fresh coat of battleship gray paint was also applied. [29]
The Russell Theatre, located on Third Street in Maysville, Kentucky, was the site of the world premiere of Rosemary Clooney's first film, The Stars Are Singing, in 1953. Rosemary Clooney ( May 23, 1928 &ndash June 29, 2002) was an American Singer and actress whose warm radiant [30] The Russell Theatre is an Atmospheric theatre, and featured a large rainbow that would light up before and after the showing of each movie. An atmospheric theatre is a historical type of Movie palace ( cinema) that used design and architectural elements to convey an impression of being seated in a The theatre is now undergoing the second phase of a restoration project that began in 2008. Organizers plan to revive The Russell as a movie and film venue, with emphasis on themed movie marathons, classics, documentaries, art films and other movies not available at mainstream cinemas. [31]
Hayswood Hospital, located in Maysville, Kentucky, opened in 1908 as a general hospital it was closed in 1983 with the opening of Meadowview Regional Medical Center. It has been popularized by exposure of video of a ghostly face appearing in a window. It was featured on an episode of the day time talk show, Maury, and several television news stations.
As of the census[32] of 2000, there were 7,323 people, 3,856 households, and 2,406 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 451. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6 people per square mile (174. 4/km²). There were 4,416 housing units at an average density of 221. 8/sq mi (85. 6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 86. 00% White, 11. 54% African American, 0. 14% Native American, 0. 60% Asian, 0. 03% Pacific Islander, 0. 50% from other races, and 1. 18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0. 86% of the population.
There were 3,856 households out of which 27. 8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45. 5% were married couples living together, 14. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37. 6% were non-families. 33. 7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16. 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 25 and the average family size was 2. 85.
In the city the population was spread out with 22. 7% under the age of 18, 8. 1% from 18 to 24, 26. 6% from 25 to 44, 23. 5% from 45 to 64, and 19. 1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 85. 9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80. 7 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $27,813, and the median income for a family was $37,684. Males had a median income of $31,975 versus $20,775 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,836. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 14. 4% of families and 18. 9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 1% of those under age 18 and 16. 2% of those age 65 or over.
Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Maysville. Kentucky Route 9 ( KY 9) is a State highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet in the U Kentucky Route 10, also known as KY 10, is a highway maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet that runs from Alexandria Kentucky (a US Route 62 runs from the US-Mexico border at El Paso Texas to Niagara Falls New York, near the United States-Canada border. US Route 68 is an east-west United States highway that runs for 560 miles (901 km from northwest Ohio to western Kentucky. The Maysville (Amtrak station is in the former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway station The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Doing business as Amtrak, is a Government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971 Amtrak Train 51, the westbound Cardinal, is scheduled to depart Maysville at 11:36pm on Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday with service to Cincinnati, Connersville, Indianapolis, Crawfordsville, Lafayette, Rensselaer, Dyer, and Chicago. The Cardinal is a 1147-mile (1844 km Passenger train route operated by Amtrak, connecting New York Penn Station with Chicago Union Station Union Station is a Chicago Train station that opened in 1925 replacing an earlier 1881 station and is now the only Intercity rail terminal in Chicago Amtrak Train 50, the eastbound Cardinal, is scheduled to depart Maysville at 4:36am on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday with service to South Portsmouth, Ashland, Huntington, Charleston, Montgomery, Thurmond, Prince, Hinton, Alderson, White Sulphur Springs, Clifton Forge, Staunton, Charlottesville, Culpeper, Manassas, Alexandria, and Washington, DC, before continuing on to New York City. Charleston is the Capital of the US state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Charlottesville is an Independent city located within the confines of Albemarle County in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States Union Station is the grand ceremonial Train station designed to be the entrance to Washington D The City of New York