Anchorage

Notable People

Papa John's Pizza founder John Schnatter is a resident and owns about 6% of the land in Anchorage

Joan Osborne, singer-songwriter best known for "One of Us"

Arlington

Notable People

George Harper- former Major League Baseball player who performed for six teams

Ashland

Notable People

Allison Anders, film director.

Paul J. Fannin, a former Governor and Senator from Arizona.

Jillian Hall, WWE Diva who was born in Ashland

Chris Jennings, running back for the Cleveland Browns in the NFL

The Judds, a country music duo of mother Naomi and daughter Wynonna. The city of Ashland features a public square at 16th Street and Winchester Avenue titled Judd Plaza. Ashley Judd is an actress and daughter of Naomi Judd.

Kasey Kazee also known as the Duct Tape bandit

Matt Wheeler actor MTV's Punk'd Although originally from Canton, Georgia,

Sonny Landham is an actor and former Kentucky gubernatorial candidate. He currently resides in Ashland.

Jon Maggard The renown chef and Front man for popular acts Like "Rock on Ice" and "ScoutLion"

Michele Mahone, television host of Direct Shopping Network.

Venus Ramey was the first red-haired Miss America in 1944.

Charlie Reliford an umpire in Major League Baseball.

Julie Reeves, country music singer.

Robert Smedley, also known as Bobby Blaze, is a professional wrestler for national and international wrestling organizations including World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment.

Jean Thomas, proprietress of the American Folk Song Festival in the Ashland area between 1930 and 1972.

Brandon Webb is a pitcher for Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks, 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner.

Chuck Woolery is a popular game show host. A street in Central Park, Chuck Woolery Boulevard, is named after him.

Trace Cyrus, born in Ashland. Vocalist and guitarist of the band Metro Station.

David E. Carter, born in Ashland. He is an entrepreneur and writer who is a considered an expert on graphic design, logo design, and corporate branding and the "pioneer" of trademark and logo books.

Augusta

Notable People

The high school carillon in Augusta, KY is dedicated to Rosemary Clooney.

George Clooney lived in Augusta and graduated from Augusta High School.

Nick Clooney an American television journalist, anchorman, game show and American Movie Classics host.

Former Miss America Heather French was born in Augusta.

Rosemary Clooney purchased a "get away" home on the river in 1980.

William Henry Harrison stayed at General John Payne's home on Riverside Drive, on his way to be inaugurated.

Dwight D. Eisenhower's body passed through Augusta on its way to Washington, D.C.

William O. Miller the investigator at the Nuremberg Trials and prosecutor at Dachau War Crimes Trials, resided in Augusta.

John Gregg Fee a famous alumnus of Augusta College and noted abolitionist in Kentucky.

Barbourville

Notable People

Green Adams, (1812-1884), born in Barbourville, United States Congressman[4]

Missouri Governor Silas Woodson

United States Supreme Court Justice Samuel Freeman Miller.

Kerri Mitchell, who attended Knox Central High School in Barbourville, was Miss Kentucky 2005.

Bardstown

Bardstown is the second oldest city in Kentucky.

Bardstown was the first center of Catholicism west of the Appalachian Mountains in the original territory of the United States.[4]

The Old Talbott Tavern, built in 1779 and located just off the Courthouse Square in the center of Bardstown, is another piece of Bardstown's rich history. Several notable American icons have passed through the tavern's doors, including Abraham Lincoln and Daniel Boone.[6] Several bullet holes located in an upstairs wall are reputed to have been put there by Jesse James.[7] It's rumored that some of the people who stayed at the tavern in years past never checked out, even after death, as some people claim to have encountered ghosts or other paranormal activity at the tavern.

Several distilleries operate in and around Bardstown including Jim Beam, Maker's Mark, and Heaven Hill. The large amount of bourbon produced in the area gave rise to the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival and Bardstown's title Bourbon Capital of the World. A public museum, the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey, showcases this aspect of local history.

My Old Kentucky Home State Park, site of the mansion that inspired Kentucky's state song, "My Old Kentucky Home".

Bardwell

Notable People

Clyde Ehrhardt - An offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins.

Thomas L. Glenn - Representative from Idaho who served a single term as a Populist.

Roy Mahlon Shelbourne - US federal judge born here who also practiced law in Bardwell for 14 years.

Beattyville

Since 1987, during the third weekend of October, the Main Street of Beattyville is closed to traffic, as the annual Woolly Worm Festival begins setting up. For Three-Days, Friday-"Opening Day", Saturday-"Parade Day", and Sunday "Closing Day" (Which also has a large carshow) the 'Festival covers Main-Street.

Beaver Dam

Notable People

Ray Chapman - only MLB player ever killed in a game

Benton

The Crabb Family - a Southern Gospel family group Benton Shape-note singers gather annually at Benton on the fourth Sunday in May to sing from a tunebook called The Southern Harmony. This event, organized in 1884 and called The Big Singing or Big Singing Day, is considered by many to be the oldest indigenous musical tradition in the United States.

Benton is also known for an annual festival called "Tater Day," which attracts residents from all over the Jackson Purchase and involves games, deep fried food, and a parade.

Berea

Due to the high number of arts and crafts produced, Berea is a tourist attraction. It hosts several Crafts Festivals throughout the year. Berea also hosts a Spoonbread Festival in mid-September, which features a cornmeal bread traditionally served with a wooden spoon.

Bloomfield

Notable People

Jerry Bruckheimer, film and television producer, maintains a second home on a farm near Bloomfield. His wife Linda owns several historic buildings in the center of town

Bonnieville

A large Bamboo Research Station is on the south side of town. It is said to contain the largest bamboo collection in the state of Kentucky.

Brandenburg

Brandenburg was devastated by an F5 tornado during the Super Outbreak of April 3, 1974; 31 were killed in the city.

Brooksville

Notable People

Don Galloway, actor best known for playing Detective Sergeant Ed Brown on Ironside

Ed McClanahan, noted author, English Professor

Burgin

Notable People

Jack Coleman - basketball player

Marie McDonald — actress Burkesville

Joel Owsley Cheek (1852–1935), coffee magnate, creator of the popular Maxwell House Blend

David L. Williams, President of the Kentucky Senate

Burnside

Notable People

American author Harriette Simpson Arnow known for her book The Dollmaker lived in Burnside as a child.

Burnside is believed to be home to the first Boy Scout troop in the United States. In 1908, two years before the Boy Scouts of America was officially organized, Mrs. Myra Greeno Bass organized a local troop of 15 boys, using official Boy Scout materials she had acquired from England. A sign at the edge of town declares Burnside "Birthplace of Boy Scouts of America", and an official state historical society marker commemorates the troop.

Calhoun Glover H. Cary - former United States Representative

Campbellsville

Campbellsville is also home to the last Druther's (a.k.a. Burger Queen) restaurant in existence.

Carrollton

Carrolton Bus Tragedy

About 11:00 p.m. EDT on Saturday May 14, 1988, Larry Mahoney, a drunk driver in a pickup truck traveling in the wrong direction on an interstate highway in a rural, unincorporated area of Carroll County, Kentucky collided head-on with a gasoline-powered former school bus which was in use as a church bus. The initial crash was exacerbated when the gasoline from the ruptured fuel tank of the bus ignited immediately after impact, which also blocked the front loading door. Difficulties encountered by the victims attempting to evacuate the crowded bus quickly in the smoke and darkness through the only other designated exit, the rear emergency door, resulted in the death of 27 people and injured 34 of 67 passengers. Six passengers escaped without significant injury. Mahoney also sustained injuries

Catlettsville

At the turn of the 20th century, Catlettsburg was the largest hardwood timber market in the world, due to its location at the confluence of the Big Sandy and Ohio rivers.

Notable People

Nannie Scott Honshell, Ironmaster was born here

Billy C. Clark, nationally recognized author of numerous novels including Goodbye Kate, which had its rights sold to The Walt Disney Company

Central City

Don Everly, of The Everly Brothers, famous early rock and roll performers from the late 1950s.

Tom Christerson, the second-ever recipient of an artificial heart transplant

Patrick Sparks, former University of Kentucky basketball player

Jade Perry, 2006 National Championship winner University of Maryland

Clarkson

On March 15, 2006, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher signed Kentucky House Bill 46 into law, making the Clarkson Honeyfest the "Official State Honey Festival of Kentucky".[4]

Cloverport

In the eighteenth century, the Victoria Coal Mines produced the world's first coal oil, which was later used to light Buckingham Palace.

Notable People

Wiley Blount Rutledge - former United States Supreme Court justice

Benjamin Franklin Mudge

Columbia

Notable People

Damon E. Allen - Columbia optometrist who led the move to permit optometrists to prescribe medication to their patients

Ben Arnold - inventor of the Phantom, a medical bone density measurement device used in diagnosis of osteoporosis

Elizabeth Arnold - Miss Kentucky (2002)

Vernie McGaha - Kentucky state senator from Adair County since 1997

Doug Moseley - United Methodist clergyman and a member of the Kentucky State Senate from 1974–1987;

Frank Lane Wolford - U.S. Congressman (1883–1887) Columbia, Kentucky was depicted in the film Resurrection Mary starring Wilford Brimley in 2002. The film was directed by another Columbia native, Matthew Eric Arnold as part of the USC School of Cinematic Arts graduate thesis program and won awards at the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival. The filming was featured on local news stations and in USA Today.

Columbus

In 1878, American railroad legend Casey Jones got his first job with the railroad here, working as a telegrapher for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. He was 15.

Concord

It is the smallest incorporated city in Kentucky by size and population.

Corbin

Cumberland Falls State Park, the site of the only waterfall in the world to feature a regularly occurring moonbow[citation needed], is located 19 miles (31 km) to the southwest.

Sanders' Cafe, the birthplace of Kentucky Fried Chicken (though not sold as the KFC/Kentucky Fried Chicken brand at the time) is located in North Corbin. The restaurant and accompanying museum are popular with tour groups traveling along Interstate 75.

THE ARENA at The David L. Williams Southeastern Kentucky Ag and Expo Complex or THE ARENA is a $28 million multi-purpose venue that opened in 2009. The Arena is situated on top of a hill across from the Baptist Regional Medical Center, near the Tri-County Cineplex on US 25 W. The City of Corbin owns the arena, which contains 5,000 fixed seats, and it is managed by SMG.

Notable People

Colonel Harlan Sanders, entrepreneur and founder of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain

Arthur Lake, actor who played Dagwood Bumstead in the Blondie movies

Frank Selvy, Basketball Player

George McAfee, American football player

Rodger Bird, American football player

Roy Kidd, Hall of Fame American football coach

Steve Bird, NCAA College Football Coach

Lee Anthony Smith, Writer

Mabel Martin Wyrick, Writer

B. F. Shelton, old-timey banjo player

Betty Jack Davis, country music singer, was one half of the duo The Davis Sisters (country) with Skeeter Davis

Willis Earl Herron, entrepreneur , built the World's Tallest Thermometer in Baker, CA.

Debbie Dean, pop singer, first white solo artist signed to Motown Records.

Corinth

In Harry Turtledove's "Southern Victory" alternate history series, Corinth was the site of a victory by Braxton Bragg that secured Kentucky for the Confederacy.[3]

Corydon

Notable People

Happy Chandler - former governor of Kentucky

Frank Ramsey - former NBA player

Crestview Hills

Thomas More College

Notable Alumni:

Rick Hughes, NBA basketball player

Larry Staverman, NBA basketball player and coach

Roxanne Qualls, Cincinnati politician (attended Thomas More, but did not finish there)

David Justice, MLB player

Crittendon

Home of Survivor contestant Rodger Bingham

Cumberland

Attractions and Parks

Cumberland is home to Kingdom Come State Park, which features a lake, gift shop, camp sites putt-putt golf, paddleboating, picnic facilities, primitive camping, hiking trials, and an amphitheatre. The park is also home to natural rock formations including Raven Rock and Log Rock. The park also is home to two overlooks that provide scenic views of the Appalachian Mountains.

Festivals

Cumberland is home to the annual Kingdom Come Swappin' Meetin', a festival honoring Appalachian history, folklore, and products. The festival is held on the campus of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College in Cumberland. The festival includes live demonstrations of Appalachian methods and traditions. The most recent of festivals is the annual Black Bear Festival which is in honor of the popular black bears at Kingdom Come State Park

In 1980, country singer Kenny Rogers recorded the song "The Long Arm of the Law" which is set in Cumberland. To many people internationally this is the first time the city was brought to their attention.

The fictional Guthrie family from the X-Men comics is from Cumberland. These family members include Sam (Cannonball), Paige (Husk), Jay (Icarus), and Melody (Aero).

Cynthiana

Two battles in the American Civil War were fought in Cynthiana; the first on July 17, 1862, was part of a raid into Kentucky by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan; the second on June 11 and 12 , 1864, resulted in defeat of Confederate forces on Morgan's last raid into the state.[4]

On January 23, 1877, an LL chondrite meteorite fell in Cynthiana.[5]

3M established a factory in Cynthiana in 1969. Post-It notes were developed in 1972 by Arthur Fry. Until patents expired in the late 1990s, the 3M factory in Cynthiana was the only production site of Post-It Notes worldwide. Today, it still accounts for nearly all of the world's production.

Notable People

Joe B. Hall - University of Kentucky Men's Basketball Coach

William McKinney - jazz drummer and bandleader

Tony Moore - comic book artist

Chris Snopek - Major League Baseball player

Mac Swinford- Federal Judge

Lawrence Pressman - Actor

Walter E. Scott - namesake of Death Valley National Park's Scotty's Castle

Celia Ammerman - a contestant from Cycle 12 of America's Next Top Model

Caleb Walton West, last Territorial Governor of Utah Territory

Rick Grimes, Walking Dead Comic

Pacer Harp-Actor/Director

Danville

In 2001, Danville received a Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation

Danville is called the "City of Firsts". It housed the first Courthouse in Kentucky It had the first U.S. Post Office west of the Allegheny Mountains It hosts the first state-supported school for the deaf. In it, Ephraim McDowell became the first physician in the world to successfully remove an ovarian tumor. It is home to the oldest college administration building and campus west of the Allegheny Mountains at Centre College.

In November 1806, Meriwether Lewis, co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, visited Danville while traveling the Wilderness Road to Washington DC to report on the expedition. In December 1806, William Clark visited his nephews in school in Danville before following Lewis to Washington.[7]

On October 5, 2000, Dick Cheney and Senator Joe Lieberman, candidates for Vice President of the United States, debated at Centre College during the 2000 presidential election.

Films shot in

Danville Raintree County (1957) Operation Raintree (1957) - Promotional short film for Raintree County Treasure of Matecumbe (1976) Child of Glass (1978) (TV) Summerstock (2002)

Notable People

William Clayton Anderson (U.S. Congressman)

Joshua Fry Bell (Politician) Namesake of Bell County, Kentucky

James G. Birney (Presidential Candidate, Abolitionist) He drew enough votes in New York to cost Henry Clay the Presidency in 1844

John Boyle (U.S. Congressman) Namesake of Boyle County, Kentucky

John C. Breckinridge (U.S. Vice President, Presidential Candidate, Confederate general and Secretary of War)

John Brown (Delegate to Continental Congress, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator)

Rev. Samuel D. Burchard (Clergyman) His "Rum, Romanism and rebellion" speech may have cost James G. Blaine the 1884 presidential election

Michael Burns (Historian, actor)

Rick Dees (Radio Personality) Maintains a farm near Danville, complete with radio studio from which he would sometimes broadcast his Los Angeles morning show.

Todd Duncan (Opera Singer and Actor)

John Marshall Harlan (U.S. Supreme Court Justice) "The Great Dissenter"

Larnelle Harris (Gospel Singer)

Harvey Helm (U.S. Congressman)

John Kincaid (Politician)

Robert P. Letcher (Politician) 15th governor of Kentucky

Ephraim McDowell (Surgeon) Performed the world's first ovariotomy.

Samuel McDowell (War hero and politician) Instrumental in forming Kentucky

Eddie Montgomery (Musician) One half of the country music duo Montgomery Gentry

John Norvell (Newspaper editor and U.S. Senator)

Theodore O'Hara (Poet)

William Owsley (Politician, Jurist)

Stephen Rolfe Powell (Glass artist)

Hugh L. Scott (Army general)

Albert G. Talbott (Politician)

Jacob Tamme (Professional Athlete)

Dawson Springs

It is home to a 15-acre Ku Klux Klan compound featured in National Geographic "KKK: Inside American Terror."

Notable People

Dottie Rambo, gospel music artist

Mila Mason, country music artist

Steve Beshear, Governor of Kentucky

Earlington

Notable People

Dr. Lee Todd - president, University of Kentucky

Eddyville

Notable People

John Long Routt — Governor of Colorado

Chittenden Lyon — U.S. Representative

Edmonton

The rock band Black Stone Cherry and the country music band Kentucky Headhunters are Edmonton natives.

Elizabethtown

On December 27, 1862, General John Hunt Morgan and his 3,000-man cavalry attacked Elizabethtown. During the battle more than 100 cannon balls were fired into the town. Although he successfully captured Elizabethtown, his goal was to disrupt the railroad. He proceeded north along the route of the railroad burning trestles and destroying sections of the track. After the battle, one cannon ball was lodged in the side of a building on the Public Square. The building later burned in 1887 and when it was rebuilt the cannon ball was replaced in the side of the building, as close to its original impact as possible, where it remains in the present day.

From 1871 to 1873, the Seventh Cavalry and a battalion of the Fourth Infantry, led by General George Armstrong Custer, were stationed in Elizabethtown. The battalions were stationed in the community to suppress the Ku Klux Klan and Carpet Baggers and to break up illegal distilleries which began to flourish in the South after the Civil War. General Custer and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in a small cottage behind Aunt Beck Hill's boarding house, now known as the Brown-Pusey House.

The movie Elizabethtown (2005) was named after the town, even though the majority of the movie was filmed in Versailles and Louisville because Elizabethtown has lost most of its historic buildings in recent years due to development and sprawl.

Charles B. Middleton, who originated the character of Ming the Merciless in the Flash Gordon movie serials, is a famous native of Elizabethtown.

Steve Jameson[2], national-award-winning artist and signature member of the National Watercolor Society[3] grew up in Elizabethtown. He designed and illustrated a book based on his childhood experiences of growing up among "gentler people in a simpler time" in Elizabethtown entitled Just Imagine[4].

Notable People

Philip Arnold, confidence trickster

Antwain Barbour, former college basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team John Y. Brown, 31st Governor of Kentucky

Cecil Collins, American football player

John LaRue Helm, former Governor of Kentucky

Benjamin Hardin Helm, brigadier general, Confederate States of America

Walter Huddleston, retired politician

Keen Johnson, former Governor of Kentucky

Charles B. Middleton, American stage and film actor

Kenny Perry, PGA Tour golfer (born in Elizabethtown, although he is more identified with Franklin, where he grew up and now lives)

Todd Perry (football player)

Kelly Rutherford, actress

Chris Todd, Auburn Tigers quarterback

Elkhorn City

Notable People

Patty Loveless, country music singer

Rexanna Carlson, Master Needlework artist

Elkton

Notable People

James Clark McReynolds, former Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Benjamin Bristow, first Solicitor General of the United States and a former U.S. Treasury Secretary

Francis Bristow, United States Representative from Kentucky

Paul Rudolph, architect

George Street Boone, constitutional scholar

Mary Louise Milliken Childs, great American philanthropist

Anthony New, Congressman, Representative

Eminence

Eminence is home to the world's largest loudspeaker manufacturing company, Eminence Speaker.

Eminence is also home to The Highland Renaissance Festival, which runs May through July, and also host a Celtic Fest in September.

Eubank

Eubank is the former home of Detroit Tigers outfielder Josh Anderson.

Ewing

Notable People

Hobart Freeman - Author and charismatic preacher.

Woodie Fryman - Former Major League Baseball pitcher; inductee in the Kentucky sports Hall of Fame

Falmouth

Notable People

Dr. Phillip Allen Sharp, who earned the Nobel Prize for work that fundamentally changed scientists' understanding of the structure of genes, is a native of Falmouth.

Rev. Father J. M. Lelen, PhD was pastor of St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church in Falmouth for many years in the first half of the 20th century.

Flatwoods

Notable People

Billy Ray Cyrus, country music artist and television actor

Ron Cyrus, longtime member of the Kentucky House of Representatives and father of Billy Ray Cyrus

Doug Little who wrote the number one Christian song King of Kings, sung by the Rambos.

Fleming-Neon

Notable People

Martha Carson – Gospel country singer from Neon, which was absorbed to make Fleming-Neon.

Flemingsburg

Notable People

James J. Andrews, American Civil War spy

Landaff Andrews, United States Representative

Herman Chittison, jazz musician

Leander Cox, United States Representative

Joseph J. Reynolds, Union army general

Alvin Saunders, United States Senator from Nebraska

Lawrence S. Trimble, United States Representative

Florence

Florence is well known in surrounding cities for a water tower visible from I-75 that reads "Florence Y'all". Originally the tower advertised the up-and-coming Florence Mall, as part of an agreement by the mall developers who donated the land for the tower. However, because the mall was not built yet, the tower violated highway regulations, and the city was forced to change it within a short deadline. Rather than repaint the entire tower, they simply painted over the two vertical lines of the "M" to create a "Y". The intent was to change it back when the mall was built, but the local residents liked the tower's new proclamation, so the city decided to leave it as it was. (ADD IMAGE from Wikipedia)

Notable People

Shaun Alexander, NFL player

Kenny Price, Country Music singer, made appearances on Hee Haw

Jason Craig, professional Water Polo goalie and part time ballet dancer.

Fordsville

The Fordsville Tug-of-War Championship - Kentucky's official tug-of-war championship[4]

Notable People

Damon E. Allen (1921–2009), a three-term president of the Kentucky Optometric Association who led the lobbying campaign to convince the Kentucky State Legislature to permit optometrists to prescribe medication to their patients, was born in Fordsville but later moved to Campbellsville.

Fort Thomas

Notable People

Jim Bunning, Republican Senator and member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame who early in his political career served on the city council. He now lives in Southgate, KY.

Cris Collinsworth, former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver and national sports broadcaster

Merril Hoge, former Pittsburgh Steelers running back and national sports broadcaster

Jared Lorenzen, New York Giants backup quarterback

Fort Wright

Fort Wright is the hometown of Chris Harris, a professional wrestler who has worked for World Wrestling Entertainment under the stage name "Braden Walker" and for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under his real name.

Battery Hooper, now the James A. Ramage Civil War Museum, was an artillery battery built to protect Cincinnati during the civil war.

Franklin

National Political Columnist and Analyst Sandra Barnett was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky but raised in Franklin

Major League Baseball pitcher Joe Blanton

actress Annie Potts were born in Nashville, Tennessee but raised in Franklin.

PGA golfer Kenny Perry spent most of his childhood in Franklin.

University of Kentucky football head coach Joker Phillips was born and raised in Franklin. Phillips also attended and played at UK.

Singers Johnny Cash and June Carter were married in a private ceremony at Franklin United Methodist Church on March 1, 1968. Longtime friend Merle Kilgore was best man.

Kentucky Downs - formerly known as Dueling Grounds Racetrack, (owned by Corey Johnsen & Ray Reid), is located right on the Kentucky–Tennessee border in Franklin. Kentucky Downs hosts the Kentucky Cup Turf Festival, a full card of world class racing featuring four major turf stakes. Kentucky Downs also hosts year-round simulcasts for the Kentucky-Tennessee market.

Fulton

It was once known as the "Banana Capital of the World" because 70% of imported bananas to the U.S. used to be shipped there.

Georgetown

The city serves as the home of the annual training camp for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals.

Notable People

Benjamin Franklin Bradley - politician, representative to the Confederate States Congress from Kentucky. Born in Georgetown in 1825.

J. Campbell Cantrill - politician, U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Born in Georgetown in 1870.

Elijah Craig, early Baptist preacher, educator and entrepreneur. Worked on protecting religious freedom with James Madison of Virginia.

Basil W. Duke - lawyer and Confederate general during the Civil War. Born in Georgetown in 1838.

David French - author, A Season for Justice: Defending the Rights of the Christian Home, Church and School.

William H. Hatch - politician, U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Georgetown in 1833.

Tom L. Johnson - U.S. Representative from Ohio 1891-95, Mayor of Cleveland 1901-1909. Born in Georgetown in 1854.

James F. Robinson - politician, 22nd Governor of Kentucky. Federal Governor during the Civil War. Cardome in Georgetown was his family home.

John McCracken Robinson - politician, United States Senator from Illinois. Born in Georgetown in 1794.

Gustavus W. Smith - General in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Confederate Secretary of War in 1862.

Barton W. Stone, influential Presbyterian and Restorationist preacher of the Second Great Awakening; founded the Restoration Movement with Alexander Campbell

Steve Zahn - Actor, lives on a 330 acre horse farm

Glasgow

The city is well-known for its annual Scottish Highland Games.

In 2007, Barren County was named the number one rural place to live by Progressive Farmer magazine.

Notable People

Barney Cannon (1955–2009), Country music, formerly at WCDS radio in Glasgow

Julian Goodman, former CEO and chairman of the board of NBC

James G. Hardy, former lieutenant governor

Dave Harris, host of the syndicated radio show Retro Rewind and songwriter

Darrin Horn, former Western Kentucky University men's basketball coach, current University of South Carolina coach

Arthur Krock, journalist

Preston Leslie, former governor of Kentucky

Louie B. Nunn, former governor of Kentucky

Steve Nunn, former state representative; son of Louie Nunn

Diane Sawyer, journalist and host of ABC World News

Billy Vaughn, musician and band leader

Greensburg

Notable People

Aylette Buckner (1806–1869) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.

Greenville

Notable People

Actor Warren Oates was born in Depoy, just outside of Greenville

Alney McLean (1779–1841) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.

Edward Rumsey (1796–1868) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.

Vernard Eugene Bivin (1921–1942) was a recipient of the Navy Cross and was the namesake of the destroyer escort USS Bivin (DE-536)

Actor Miles Heizer born 1994, well known for his role in Rails & Ties with Kevin Bacon.

Musician Jim Walker (musician), world-renowned flute soloist—orchestral and film soundtracks.

Guthrie

Notable People

Kent Greenfield American major league baseball player[1]

Robert Penn Warren - Pulitzer prize-winning novelist and poet

Hardinsburg

Notable People

Butch Beard - former NBA All-Star

Percy Beard - silver medal hurdlist

Ralph Beard - member of "Fabulous Five" University of Kentucky men's basketball team

Harlan

Harlan is the site of a criminal case in which a man, Condy Dabney, was convicted in 1924 of murdering a person who was later found alive.

Harlan was also featured in a Darrell Scott song called "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive

Notable People

Wah Wah Jones -- NBA player

James E. Keller -- former Justice of the Kentucky Supreme Court

Nick Lachey -- Singer/Boy bander

Cawood Ledford -- University of Kentucky basketball & football announcer

George Ella Lyon -- award-winning Kentucky author

Harrodsburg

It is the oldest city in Kentucky.

Company D of the 192nd Tank Battalion in the Battle of Bataan was from Harrodsburg.

Notable People

Frances Wisebart Jacobs, philanthropist

William Logan, politician

Beriah Magoffin, Governor of Kentucky (1859 – 1862) and namesake of Magoffin County, Kentucky

John Burton Thompson, politician

Hartford

Notable People

James and Virgil Earp - brothers of legendary Old West lawman Wyatt Earp

Hawesville

Notable People

Walter Stone Tevis, author

John W. Cannon, Captain of steamboat

Robt. E. Lee Brigadier General

John Pope McAdams, WWI, Officer French Foreign Legion of Honor

Hazard

The CBS television series The Dukes of Hazzard got its name from Hazard, Kentucky. To avoid legal problems, the producers added an extra "Z" and set the show in a fictional county in Georgia. In 1981 many of the stars of the show, Catherine Bach, James Best, Sorrell Booke, and Rick Hurst visited Hazard, Kentucky during the Black Gold Festival.[2] Soon afterwards Tom Wopat, John Schneider and Sonny Shroyer made appearances in Hazard.

In July, 1999, Hazard received the honor of being the first stop on President Bill Clinton's tour of poverty-stricken communities that had failed to share in the boom of the 1990s. Clinton's wife, Hillary, visited Hazard on November 2, 2008 at a political rally for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Bruce Lunsford.

Halfway To Hazard, the Universal/Mercury Records duo, take their name from the town because David Tolliver and Chad Warrix grew up just outside of it.

Hazel

Hazel is the birthplace of 1960s singer-songerwriter Jackie De Shannon.

Hazel is the home town of former Calloway County High School and University of Kentucky stand-out basketball player Stan Key

Highland Heights

Is home to Northern Kentucky University.

Notable Alumni:

Steve Chabot, former U.S. Representative from Ohio's 1st Congressional District, earned his Juris Doctor from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1978.

Actor George Clooney briefly attended NKU but did not graduate.

Actor and hip-hop artist Chris Bridges attended NKU.[citation needed]

Wrestler "Wildcat" Chris Harris attended NKU for two years but did not graduate.

Ken Lucas, former U.S. Representative from Kentucky's fourth congressional district from 1999 to 2005, received an honorary doctorate from NKU. Lucas was a founding regent at NKU, where he served for 23 years on the Board of Regents, 13 of those as chairman. After his term in Congress, Lucas donated his congressional papers to the Schlachter Family Archives in NKU's Steely Library. In 1994, Lucas had a building on campus named after him, the Lucas Administrative Center.

Rich Boehne, president and CEO of The E.W. Scripps Company, the Cincinnati-based media company, graduated in 1981.

David Mack, acclaimed creator of the comic book Kabuki and former writer/artist of Daredevil, graduated from NKU in 1995 with a BFA in graphic design.

Actress Jenny Robertson, who has appeared on such television programs as Law and Order and Reno 911!

Raymond J. Brune – Four-time Emmy Award winning media producer and co-head of Yani-Brune Entertainment. Brune has produced more than 15,000 hours of live network, cable and local television.

Shawn Nordheim, Mrs. Kentucky 2006, has an associate's degree in nursing from NKU.

Gary Webb, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, attended NKU and was on staff of the student newspaper, The Northerner, before dropping out and joining The Kentucky Post. He later worked at the San Jose Mercury News, where his series, "Dark Alliance," alleged that the U.S.-supported Contra rebels in Nicaragua sold drugs in America and were largely responsible for introducing crack-cocaine into the U.S.[14] There was debate about the accuracy of the series, although the series was soon found to be accurate. Webb committed suicide in December 2004.

Warren Bettis, an Ohio jurist who serves as a judge on the Ohio Court of Claims, earned his law degree from the Chase College of Law in 1952.

Joe Zerhusen, the public-address announcer for Cincinnati Reds home games at Great American Ball Park.

Brigham A. McCown, the Deputy Administrator and Acting Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) at the U.S. Department of Transportation, earned a law degree from the Chase College of Law in 1997.

Ryan Abeo (RA Scion), MC of Common Market, a hip hop duo based in Seattle, Washington, attended NKU, but did not graduate.

Suzanne Fitzpatrick, television writer for shows including The Nanny, 7th Heaven, The Dooley and Pals Show.

Tom Luken, former mayor of Cincinnati, U.S. Representative from Ohio, and father of former Cincinnati mayor Charlie Luken, earned his Juris Doctor from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 1950.

Rockin' Ron Schumacher, 1983 graduate of Northern Kentucky University with a Bachelor's degree in Radio/Television/Film. He's worked at WCLU in Covington, 55KRC in Cincinnati and since 1990 has been hosting the midday show on 103.5 WGRR Cincinnati's Greatest Hits.

Tricia Macke, a TV news anchor at WXIX-TV in Cincinnati.

Sheree Paolello, a TV news anchor at WLWT-TV in Cincinnati.

Notable Faculty

Mark Hardy, Broadway actor, appeared on Broadway in Titanic: The Musical, Les Misérables, and Sunset Boulevard.

Ken Jones, playwright and screenwriter, Best known for the plays Darkside, The Middle of Yesterday, A Red Eagle Falling, Victims of the Ice Age, and The Great Easter Egg Hunt. Wrote the book for the musical Burgertown. Previously head writer for Lightpoint Entertainment at Disney/MGM Studios.

Gary McGurk, an actor from Home Improvement and Babylon 5, is a current acting professor at NKU.

James Ramage, a faculty member in the history department, is a well-known Civil War expert who has a Civil War museum in Fort Wright, Kentucky named in his honor.

Robert Trundle, a philosophy professor who Fate Magazine named as one of the 100 most influential people in Ufology in 2005 based on his book Is E.T. Here? and an article published in Science and Method in the Netherlands

Ukrainian pianist Sergei Polusmiak, an internationally-renowned concert artist and master teacher, is artist in residence and professor in the music department.

NKU double bass instructor Owen Lee is a published artist who has gained international acclaim as a musician, including a spot on the cover of Bassist Magazine. He is currently principal bassist in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra William

Brian Hogg, Director of Jazz Studies at NKU, is an internationally recognized jazz performer and educator, and is also the founder of the EMPOWER program, a community outreach program designed to return the roots of African American heritage to "at risk" and "urban" youth.

Joan Ferrante is a sociology professor who is best known as the author of several popular sociology textbooks, among them Sociology: A Global Perspective.

Stephen Leigh, a novelist, is an assistant professor at NKU.

Hazel Barton, cave-exploring microbiology professor that has been featured in national and international press, TV and film.

Hindman

Notable People

Rebecca Gayheart, a television and film actress

Carl D. Perkins, who represented the area in the U.S. House of Representatives for 35 years and whose name is associated with vocational education programs and measures to better the lives of Appalachian residents

James Still, a poet, novelist and folklorist of Appalachia David Tolliver, musician from Universal Records country duo Halfway to Hazard

Horse Cave

The city is best known for the large natural cave opening located on the south side of Main Street, from which the town's name is derived The cave itself has figured prominently in the history of the town. Around the World War I period, the world's only air-conditioned tennis courts were located in the entrance of the cave. Likewise, many of the early buildings alongside Main Street derived their air-conditioning from the cave. Inside the cave is a large, fast-flowing river, and the cave itself is also known as Hidden River Cave. This energy source provided the energy to drive a dynamo, and, for a while in the late 19th Century, Horse Cave was the only town outside of Louisville to have electric lights in Kentucky.(ADDIMG from wik)

Horse Cave is also the birth place of former NBA player Clarence Glover.

Hyden

Hyden briefly came to national attention when the Hurricane Creek mine disaster occurred in late 1970, five miles from Hyden.

In July 1978, Richard Nixon came to Hyden to make his first public speech since resigning from the presidency during the Watergate crisis.[3] Hyden was picked because Nixon wanted a town that he had been heavily supported in in his Presidential runs; he wasn't let down as he received a hero's welcome in Hyden.

Notable People

Tim Couch - NFL Quarterback

The Osborne Brothers - bluegrass musicians

John Hensley - actor

Willie Sandlin - World War I Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

Irvine

Irvine annually hosts the Mountain Mushroom Festival on the last weekend of April.

Irvine, along with the nearby city of Ravenna, are known as the "Twin Cities

Notable People

Lee Rose - Basketball coach.

Harry Dean Stanton - Noted character actor.

Kevin Richardson - Former member of the Backstreet Boys.

Island

Notable People

Bobby Veach - former MLB player

Jackson

Notable People

Jeffrey Reddick-American screenwriter.

Chad Warrix - Singer in Duo Halfway to Hazard Two major movies were filmed in Jackson: Next of Kin and Fire Down Below.

Jenkins

Jenkins is also the birthplace of country music star Gary Stewart

U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers.

La Center

In 1908 the town was declared to be the Center of the Universe by land developer Stoke T Payne.

La Grange

Notable People

William J. Crowe - Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff born here.

D. W. Griffith - Film director

Tom Blankenship (aka Two Tone Tommy) - Bassist for My Morning Jacket

Kenny Bolin - Professional wrestling manager and color commentator

Robert Mallory - U.S. Representative from Kentucky

Lancaster

Located south of Lexington, it is the site of the Kennedy House, said to have been used in Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The controversial American Civil War training base, Camp Dick Robinson, was located near Lancaster

Notable People

William Owsley (1782–1862) was an American politician and jurist who became the sixteenth Governor of Kentucky.

Simeon H. Anderson (1802–1840) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.

Lonnie Napier (1940- ) is the current representative for House District 36 in the Kentucky House of Representatives.

Lawrenceburg

Notable People

James Beauchamp Clark - Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1911 to 1919

Andrew McKee - submarine pioneer

Lebanon Lebanon is renowned for its Ham Days Festival which is held during the last weekend of September.

Lewisport

Lewisport is where Abraham Lincoln won his first law case in the "Pell Home", which at the time was the site of the circuit court.

Liberty

Notable People

Tim Butler - a bass player in the band The Psychedelic Furs

Carl Mays - Major League Baseball player noted as a right-handed pitcher and for an incident involving Ray Chapman.

William N. Sweeney - US Representative for Kentucky.

Livermore

Opera House Lynching - Livermore achieved national and international notoriety in the second decade of the twentieth century for one of the more bizarre public lynchings in American history. In April, 1911, Will Porter, a black man, allegedly shot and killed a white man in a barroom fight. Fearing a lynch mob, the sheriff hid Porter in the basement of a local theatre, but he was discovered and dragged upstairs to the stage by an angry crowd. The organizers of the lynching then charged admission and allowed armed patrons to open fire from their seats on the hapless prisoner, who was bound in the center of the stage.

London

London is home to the World Chicken Festival, which attracts 250,000 people annually

Notable People

Teel Bruner - College Football Hall of Fame inductee.

Chera-Lyn Cook - Miss Kentucky 1998; placed 4th runner-up to Miss America 1999.

Nan Phelps – Artist

Flem D. Sampson - Forty-Second Governor of Kentucky.

Darrell Scott - Country singer-songwriter

Roy L. Gilbert - American thoroughbred horse jockey

Loretto

The tiny city is best known as the home of the Maker's Mark bourbon distillery.

Louisa

The city was home to Fred M. Vinson, 13th Chief Justice of the United States.

Lynch

Lynch is the nearest city to Kentucky's highest point, Black Mountain, elevation 4,145. Sitting at an elevation of 1,716 feet above sea level, Lynch is Kentucky's highest incorporated city.

Madisonville

Notable People

Born Ruby Laffoon, Governor of Kentucky, 1931–1935

Dottie Rambo, Gospel Singer/Songwriter

Travis Ford, coach of the Oklahoma State University men's basketball team and former Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball player.

Byron Parker, Toronto Argonauts cornerback

Jimmy Roberts, singer with The Lawrence Welk Show, 1954–1982

Frank Ramsey, hall-of-fame basketball player of the Boston Celtics

Justin Miller, Pro Bowl cornerback/returner for the New York Jets

The Happy Goodman Family, southern gospel family group; including founding members Vestal Goodman, Howard Goodman, Charles "Rusty" Goodman, and Sam Goodman.

Manchester

Notable People

Bert T. Combs - Former governor

Richie Farmer - Former University of Kentucky shooting guard and current Kentucky Commissioner of Agriculture

Mayfield

Notable People

Bobbie Ann Mason[5] - Author

Noble Jones Gregory[6][7] - Former United States representative

William Voris Gregory[6] - Former United States representative

Andrew Boone[8] - Former United States representative

Lucien Anderson[6][9] - Former United States Representative

Kent Robbins[10] - Songwriter

Chuck Taylor (pro wrestling) - Professional Wrestler

Ellis Wilson - Artist

Kevin Skinner - Musician & America's Got Talent Season 4 winner

William H. Neely – Attorney

Shannon Reed - Local Sports Legend

Edward Marcus Nunnelee III - Educator

Roth ("Pootsie") Stratton - Disc Jockey

Glenn ("Buzz") Mitchell - Insurance Executive

Spencer Byrn - Investment Advisor and Drug Counselor

Doris Mitchell - Queen of Real Estate Sales 1977-1983, Realtor of the Year 1977, Chief of Leaf Disposal Operations

Maysville

Frontiersmen - Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone were among its founders.

Maysville was an important stop on the Underground Railroad, as the free state of Ohio was just across the river.[8]

Harriet Beecher Stowe visited the area in 1833 and witnessed a slave auction in front of the county court house in Washington, Kentucky (then the county seat, since annexed to Maysville).[9] Stowe included the scene in her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852.

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. 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

Notable People

Rosemary Clooney, popular singer and actress.

John S. Darrough, Civil War soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Deron Feldhaus, former Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball player, known as one of the "Unforgettables", his jersey is retired by UK at Rupp Arena.

Heather French, Miss America 2000.

J. Fred Helf, composer.

Chris Lofton, athlete, former college basketball player for the Tennessee Volunteers.

Darius Miller, College basketball player for the Kentucky Wildcats.

William "Bull" Nelson, U.S. Army general.

Barbara Paul, novelist.

Stanley Forman Reed, U.S. Supreme Court justice.

Eleanor "Ellie" Wood, actress who is married to Robert Walker, Jr.

Seen from above at night, the streetlights of the downtown area form the outline of the Liberty Bell, crack included.[citation needed]

A series of 9 murals were painted on the Maysville floodwall by muralist Robert Dafford beginning in 1998.

The story of Maysville's Bermuda Triangle began around 1992 when a barge sank near the Kentucky shoreline in West Maysville Kentucky. A subsequent salvage operation in 1994 tried to raise the sunken barge with two Navy minesweepers. The minesweepers were the next victim as they became stuck in the mud. A towboat trying to free the minesweepers also fell victim when damage to its engines rendered it crippled. Next came a salvage barge named The Hercules. The Maysville Bermuda Triangle made short work of it as well. While hoisting the original barge, the crane aboard The Hercules broke as the barge reached the surface, and down it sank again. Then The Hercules itself sank, coming to rest on top of the barge it was supposed to save. Eventually the minesweepers and the towboat sank as well. The entire salvage operation nick-named John Beatty's Navy, after its owner, fell victim to what an Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson would later call, "The Bermuda Triangle of the Ohio River".

Melbourne

St. Anne Convent is located in Melbourne

Scenes from the movie 'RAIN MAN' were filmed there.

Middlesboro

Geologists believe that the Middlesboro basin between Pine Mountain and the Cumberland Mountains is the remains of an ancient meteor crater, which would give the town the rare distinction of being one of the few cities in the world completely built inside a crater. The crater is one of three known astroblemes in the state.

Notable People

It is the hometown of actor Lee Majors.

Trish Suhr, comedian and star of the TV show Clean House was raised in Middlesboro.

It is also the hometown of the late Susan Kingsley, stage and movie actress.

Midway

The town is home to a major thoroughbred race horse breeding operation, Three Chimneys Farm.

The area around Midway was inhabited by Indian Mound Builders. Two large Indian mounds have been identified on nearby farms, as well as several smaller mounds.[1]

Zeralda James, mother of Frank and Jesse James was born in the Black Horse Inn at the intersection of US62 and Old Frankfort Pike. She lived there with her father who ran the tavern.[1]

Weisenberger Mill has been in the Weisenberger family for six generations. It is the oldest continuously operating mill in Kentucky and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Millersburg

Notable People

Blanton Collier-American football coach born in Millersburg.

Mae Street Kidd (1909-1999)- State Representative 1968-1984, representing Louisville's 41st state legislative district was born in Millersburg, Kentucky.

The founder of "Pillar of Fire Church" and KKK advocate Alma Bridwell White lived in the town for a time.

Home of the National Cadet Training Center - Millersburg Military Institute is the home of the National Cadet Training Center and Headquarters, U.S. Army Cadet Corps.

Milton

Milton is one of the oldest towns in Kentucky, and Barrack Obama's heritage has recently been linked to a slave family from Milton.

It was seen in the 1958 film Some Came Running.

Mockingbird Valley

It has the highest per capita income of any location in Kentucky, and the tenth highest of any location in America.

Monticello It advertises itself as "The Houseboat Capital of the World" due to the large number of houseboat manufacturers in the city

It was also the focal point of the Rowan County War.

Morehead State University is located here.

Notable Alumni:

Phil Simms - Quarterback for the New York Giants. MVP of Super Bowl XXI and a 15-year NFL veteran. Now a football analyst for the CBS television network.

Chuck Woolery - American game show host.

Steve Hamilton - former MLB pitcher and former professional basketball player

Nelson Allen - former Kentucky state Senator

Rocky Adkins - Kentucky Representative (D-District 99) and House Majority Floor Leader

Kristie Hicks - former Miss Kentucky

Andy Douglas - American professional wrestler

Lori Menshouse - former Miss Kentucky

Jon Rauch - MLB pitcher

Walt Terrell - former MLB pitcher

Denny Doyle - former MLB second baseman

Terry McBrayer - 1979 Gubernatorial candidate for Governor of Kentucky and former Chairman of the Kentucky Democratic Party. Now a prominent attorney in Lexington, KY.

Bob McCann - former professional basketball player

Dwain Messer - American country music singer.

Kelly Kulick - American professional bowler and first-ever female winner of a regular PBA Tour event (2010 PBA Tournament of Champions).

Liz Johnson - American professional bowler.

Joy Esterson - American professional bowler.

Steve Inskeep - NPR Morning Edition host replacing Kentuckian Bob Edwards.

Chris Offutt – writer

Marsha Griffith - former Miss Kentucky

Mike Gottfried - Record of 77-56-6 as football coach at Kansas, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Murray State. Color commentator and analyst for ESPN.

Henry Akin - Delayed graduation from Morehead to be drafted by the New York Knicks. Later became one of the "Original Sonics" in Seattle. Played with the KY Colonels of the ABA.

James A. Turner, CCP - Executive Director, Verizon Communications, Inc. and Board Member of Whitman-Walker Clinic in Washington, DC.

Greg Matesich - Voiceover actor for Doug Funnie, in the TV series, Doug

Billy Ray Cyrus-Famous Country Singer and Actor from Doc and Hannah Montana

Robin L. Webb- Ky state representative (district 96) and noted attorney.

Noah Adams, NPR reporter and author, former co-host of All Things Considered

James "Jim" Booth, chairman of MSU Board of Regents, was appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Cincinnati Branch Board of Directors in 2002 and prominent business owner.

In the 1880s, Morehead became the central stage for a notorious conflict known as the Rowan County War (aka the Martin-Tolliver-Logan Feud). During a number of skirmishes for the next few years, at least 20 people were killed and possibly 100 were wounded. Beginning with an election-day barroom brawl, several gunfights took place in Morehead and the surrounding countryside. Eventually, a group led by Craig Tolliver seized political control of the town and installed allies in the county Sheriff's office and the county attorney's office as well as the office of town Marshal. Several members of the opposing faction were arrested on trumped-up charges, and some were killed with the faction in power falsely claiming they had resisted arrest. The conflict gained national attention and on two occasions the Governor sent troops to maintain order with little effect. Eventually a posse of as many as 100 individuals was organized and armed by Daniel Boone Logan with the tacit consent of Governor J. Proctor Knott and Governor-elect Simon Bolivar Buckner. In a dramatic two-hour gun battle that took place in the center of Morehead, several Tollivers, including Craig Tolliver were killed and the Tollivers' control of the county was broken. Two men were later held to trial for the murder of Craig Tolliver but were acquitted

Morganfield

Notable People

Earle C. Clements - former governor of Kentucky

Kassie DePaiva - soap opera actress

Dwane Casey - Currently an assistant coach for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks under Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle, Former College Basketball player and assistant coach for the Kentucky Wildcats, and former Minnesota Timberwolves head coach

Dottie Rambo - Gospel singer/song writer

Matt Jackson - Drummer for the christian rock band Run Kid Run

Camp Breckinridge - Morganfield is located near Camp Breckinridge, a World War II prisoner of war camp. The Associated Press reported on May 22, 2007, a continuing dispute regarding the families of displaced residents of the area that became Camp Breckinridge and the U.S. government. Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was named as a mediator in the dispute in February 2007. About 40,000 soldiers preparing for the war stayed at the camp. The camp also held about 3,000 German prisoners of war before being deactivated in 1949.

Morgantown

Civil War

Granville Allen, a member of the 17th Kentucky Infantry, was one of the first Union soldiers to die in the war, in a skirmish on October 29, 1861. A monument was erected by the Granville Allen Post #98 GAR. This first skirmish between the north and south took place on the Daniel Boone Johnson Property. The Johnson Cemetery is still there and is directly above the Monument, which is a limestone marker cut into the side of the old Logansport road, you will need to walk through some over growth to reach the monument. Morgantown has one of only two monuments dedicated to soldiers of both sides that died in the Civil War, and it is located at the county courthouse, the Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument in Morgantown. Events of interest Morgantown's municipal park, Charles Black City Park, is home to the annual Green River Catfish Festival held the week of July 4.[2]

Notable People

John Monroe Moore - bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Mount Sterling

October Court Day Every year, hundreds of thousands of visitors flock to Mount Sterling for Court Day. The event is held on the third Monday of October, with festivities beginning on the prior Friday (recently changed from Saturday by city since school is out anyway on that Friday).

Notable People

Henry Daniel (March 15, 1786 - October 5, 1873) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.

Amos Davis (August 15, 1794 - June 11, 1835) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.

Ernie Fletcher (November 12, 1952 - ), Governor of Kentucky (2003–2007).

Nancy Green - (November 17, 1834 - September 23, 1923) was born a slave in Montgomery County.

Also the original Aunt Jemima. Jeremy Sumpter, actor, raised in Mount Sterling.

Munfordsville

In 1862 the American Civil War battle, Battle of Munfordville, took place.

Kentucky Stonehenge.

Murray

Murray plays host to several annual festivals and events. Perhaps the most well known Murray festival is the annual Freedom Fest celebration. The dates of the festival vary from year to year, but are always near the end of June through the first week of July. During the festival, activities include a parade, a farmer's market, a 5k run, and a street fair, as well as the signature Fireworks Extravaganza which draws crowds from all over the region. In 2004 Freedom Fest added Squealin' on the Square, a Kansas City Barbeque Society competition which attracts competitors from across the south and mid-west. The largest event of Freedom Fest is the annual concert put on by local radio station Froggy 103.7, which they name "Froggy Fest". Artists who have played in the past are: Confederate Railroad, Lonestar, Travis Tritt, Sara Evans, Trace Adkins and more. Dickens Alley, also well known in the region, is held during the first weekend in December. The festival turns historic downtown Murray into olde London from centuries ago. Activities include a street fair, home-baked goods for sale and carolers dressed from the period. Other festivals include the West Kentucky Highland Games and Festival, the Lumberjack Challenge, and the RC Aircraft Fly-in

Notable People

Nathan B. Stubblefield, pioneer in radio/inventor

W. Earl Brown, actor

Joe Buck, musician

Rod Ferrell – Infamous murderer and leader of the "Vampire Clan"

T.R.M. Howard, surgeon, civil rights leader, and entrepreneur.

Craig Morris, PhD., archaeologist of Incan Expeditions. Research leader at American Museum of Natural history Obituary

Molly Sims, model/actress*

Kenneth W. Winters – Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate, born in Crittenden County, Murray resident

Mel Purcell, Professional Tennis Player

New Haven Kentucky Railway Museum - Houses "Old 152", the official steam locomotive of Kentucky

Newport

A pivotal scene (toothpicks) in the movie Rain Man was filmed in Newport at Pompilio's, a local restaurant.

Former Republican presidential hopeful Gary Bauer grew up in Newport.[20]

One of the "50 Greatest Players in NBA History" Dave Cowens grew up in Newport (add img from wik)

Olive Hill

Famous residents Olive Hill is the birthplace of country music singer Tom T. Hall, a fact that is noted on the "Welcome to Olive Hill" signs on the edges of town.

Owingsville

Notable People

Owingsville is the birth place of Civil War general John Bell Hood

Indiana governors Henry S. Lane and Claude Matthews and Tennessee governor Alvin Hawkins.

John Bell Hood-Confederate general Andrew Trumbo (1797-1871) was a United States Representative from Kentucky

Paintsville

Popular culture

The majority of the 1983 film, Kentucky Woman, was filmed in Paintsville.[16] Paintsville was one of the three filming locations for the 2010 drama film, Passenger Pigeons.[17]

Notable People

Crystal Gayle, country music singer.

John Pelphrey, Known as "Dirt" in high school, 1987 Kentucky "Mr. Basketball", one of four University of Kentucky basketball players dubbed "The Unforgettables"; former head men's basketball coach of the University of South Alabama, currently head men's basketball coach at the University of Arkansas.

Venus Ramey, Miss America, 1944.

Loretta Lynn, born at Butcher Hollow, Van Lear (a city close to Paintsville).

Johnnie LeMaster, former major league baseball player (San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates).

John C. C. Mayo, entrepreneur

Ovie Scurlock, born in Paintsville on November 11, 1918, former jockey in horse racing.

Wendell H. Meade, Republican member of U.S. House of Representatives.

Andrew Jackson Kirk, U.S. Representative from Kentucky.

Benjamin F. Stapleton, Mayor of Denver, Colorado between (1923–1931) and (1935–1947).

Willie Blair is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball.

Jim Fyffe, U.S. sportscaster and radio talk-show host

Shannen Reil, Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2008

Paris

Paris is home to Xalapa and Claiborne Farms, prominent thoroughbred race horse breeding operations. Triple Crown winner Secretariat retired to Claiborne Farm and is buried there, as is the immortal Buckpasser.

Notable People

Several Paris natives have made their name as inventors. Garrett Morgan invented the tri-color traffic signal and the gas mask, while George Snyder invented the first fishing reel made in the United States.

John Fox, Jr., author of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and Trail of the Lonesome Pine was born in Paris.

Perryville

In October, 1862, the fields west of town were the site of the Battle of Perryville, an important encounter in the American Civil War that ended the Kentucky Campaign of Confederate generals Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith. The Perryville Battlefield is preserved as a state park, and is the site of an American Civil War reenactment of the battle every year

Pikeville Also, in the month of April is one of the state's largest festivals: Hillbilly Days. The festival embraces the area's culture and past through company, music, and costume

Notable People

Woody Blackburn,professional golfer and PGA Tour winner.

Robert Damron, professional golfer and PGA Tour winner.

Patty Loveless,country music singer Born In Elkhorn City.

Dwight Yoakam, born in Pikeville on October 23, 1956, country music singer-songwriter.

Natasha Cornett, one of six teens convicted in the Lillelid murders in 1998 in a case which received national and international news coverage.

Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky 1995-2003.

Mark Reynolds, baseball player for Arizona Diamondbacks.

Petersburg

Petersburg contains the Creation Museum, operated by Answers in Genesis.

Notable People

Charles Clinton Fleek, recipient of the Medal of Honor for service in the Vietnam War. "Chalky", as he was known, attended the 5 classroom, Petersburg Elementary School which has since been demolished/converted into a local community center and branch of the Boone County Public Library.

Pippa Passes

The city is most known for being the location of Alice Lloyd College

Dr. Grady Stumbo, (b. 1945 - ) A.A., Alice Lloyd College 1965, B.S. University of Kentucky 1967, MD University of Kentucky 1971[20]. Rockefeller award winner[21], former head of Kentucky Democratic Party (1991-1995) [20].

Carl D. Perkins, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1949-1984.

Plum Springs

Notable People

Alfred Leland Crabb - historical novelist

Powderly

Notable People

James Best, American character actor best known as Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard

Prestonburg

Middle Creek National Battlefield is the site of the largest and most significant Civil War battle (January 10, 1862) in Eastern Kentucky.

Providence

Every year in June Providence hosts the annual Coal Festival in celebration of the coal mines and miners that have long been a part of the city's history. It features games, rides, beauty contests and live entertainment.

Raceland

Raceland, Kentucky is home to the Raceland Car Shop. When it was built in the 1920s, it was one of the largest rail car repair shops in the United States.

Radcliff In 1988, a youth group from the First Assembly of God in Radcliff was involved in the worst drunk-driving accident in U.S. history, a bus accident in which a drunk driver going the wrong way on Interstate 71 hit the group's vehicle, killing 27 people in the crash and the resulting fire.

Ravenna

Notable People

Kevin Richardson - Member of the Backstreet Boys, attended & graduated Ravenna Elementary School.

HillJack - Director, Actor, Writer, attended & graduated Ravenna Elementary School.

Russell

Notable People

Helm Roberts, designer of Kentucky's Vietnam Memorial, in Frankfort,Ky., grew up in Russell. Mr. Roberts is now a resident of Lexington, Ky.

Country Singer Billy Ray Cyrus also attended Russell High School.

Russell Springs

The area had thrived since the 1850s as a health resort because of its location near a chalybeate spring.

Notable People

Jerry Bray, United States Marine Corps Purple Heart recipient

Tara Conner, Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2002,Miss Kentucky County Fair 2004,Miss Kentucky USA 2006, and Miss USA 2006

Vernie McGaha, State senator from Russell County since 1997

Doug Moseley, later a Kentucky state senator, was pastor of the Russell Springs First United Methodist Church from 1958-1960.

Steve Wariner, country music singer and songwriter. Kentucky State Route 80 is named in his honor.

Jason Redmon, Master artist, musician, and illusionist.

Russellville

Jesse James and his outlaw gang robbed the Southern Deposit Bank in Russellville on March 20, 1868. A bank on Russellville's city square has a large mural in the lobby depicting the robbery. The town arranges a reenactment of the robbery (a play on horseback) during the Tobacco and Heritage Festival.

Notable People

Terrence W. Wilcutt, NASA astronaut

John J. Crittenden, U.S. Attorney General, Kentucky Governor, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Representative

Thomas L. Crittenden, Civil War general

George B. Crittenden, Civil War general

Bubba Wells, former NBA player

Jim Price, former NBA player

Joseph Jefferson, NFL player

Mark Thompson (pitcher), MLB player

Fletcher Stockdale, former governor of Texas

Elijah Hise, former United States Representative from Kentucky

Finis McLean, former United States Representative from Kentucky

Elijah Hise Norton, former United States Representative from Missouri

Otis Key, Harlem Globetrotter

Presley O'Bannon, Marine Corps officer, resident

Athena Cage, recording artist, producer, and songwriter

Alice Allison Dunnigan, first black female correspondent for Congress and the White House

Sacremento

The Battle of Sacramento - Sacramento was the site of a American Civil War battle between Union Major Eli H. Murray and Confederate Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest. Nicknamed "Forrest's First Fight", the Battle of Sacramento took place on December 28, 1861.[4] The battle began when a Confederate sympathizer, named Miss Mollie Morehead,[4] informed Forrest that a Union force was watering their horses nearby. Forrest used the element of surprise to rout the Union troops, and thus began the military career of one of the South's most formidable leaders.

Sadieville

Notable People

James Baker Hall - author, photographer, and Poet Laureate of Kentucky

Salyersville

In 1864, a Confederate raiding force was defeated at the Battle of Salyersville.

Sandy Hook

Sandy Hook is the hometown of country music singer Keith Whitley. A statue of Whitley playing his guitar can be seen in the local cemetery, and a local street was renamed "Keith Whitley Boulevard." Keith is buried in the Spring Hill Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.

Scottsville

Charles Napier - Live action actor and voice actor who did the voice of Duke Phillips

Norro Wilson - Nashville Songwriter and Record Producer

Sharpsburg

Notable People

Henry Tureman Allen, United States Army general in World War I.

Henry Smith Lane was an anti-slavery governor of Indiana born near the town.

Shelbyville

Shelbyville holds an annual horse show, which is visited by many famous people including William Shatner.

Shelbyville is known as the Saddlebred Capital of the World.

Hometown of First woman Governor of Kentucky Shelbyville is also a rival town to Springfield in the popular cartoon The Simpsons, but not necessarily Shelbyville, KY.

Colonel Harland Sanders of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame lived in Shelbyville from 1960 until his death in 1980.

Sheperdsville

Notable People

Charles Kurtsinger (1906–1946), U.S. Racing Hall of Fame jockey Wayne Edwards (b.1967), NASCAR driver

Shively

In the 1950s and 1960s Shively was seen as an all-white suburb and became the site of controversy and national headlines in 1954 when activists Carl and Anne Braden bought a house there and sold it to a black family, who moved in. Shots were fired into the house, and eventually a bomb exploded under their daughter's bedroom. No one was harmed, and no one was ever convicted of the crime.

Slaughters

Notable People

Kristen Johnson, Miss Kentucky USA 2005, 2nd Runner-up to Miss USA 2005, Miss Kentucky Teen USA 2000, Miss Photogenic and 2nd Runner-up to Miss Teen USA 2000

Chris Knight (musician): Country singer, songwriter

Jonathan Austin, Elk's free throw champion

Smiths Grove

Smiths Grove is one of the key locations in the Halloween film series, although it is implied in the films that Smiths Grove is located in Illinois. John Carpenter, director and co-writer of the original Halloween film, grew up in Bowling Green, 12 miles from Smiths Grove.

Smiths Grove had an infamous reputation for closing Kentucky State Highway 101 locally known as Main Street every Halloween night.

Somerset

Lake Cumberland is one of the largest man-made lakes in the world (101 miles in length, with an average depth of 85 feet and a normal pool containing more than 2 trillion gallons of water).

Somerset is also close to Cumberland Falls and the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area;

Notable People

Josh Anderson - Major league baseball player for the Kansas City Royals

Harriette Simpson Arnow - The Author of the Dollmaker

John Sherman Cooper - Former Senator and member of the Warren Commission

Daniel Dutton - artist, lyricist, and composer[7]

Reggie Hanson - University of Kentucky basketball player 1990-1991

Edwin P. Morrow - Kentucky Governor, 1919-1923

Venus Ramey - Miss America 1944 Rosie the Riveter - World War II Icon

Hal Rogers - District 5 U.S. Representative for the State of Kentucky

Tommy Lee Wallace - American film producer, director, and screenwriter

Southgate

On May 28, 1977 the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate was engulfed in fire, killing 165 inside

Notable People

Jim Bunning - U.S Senator from Kentucky and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee

Part of the film Rainman was filmed at Evergreen Cemetery in Southgate

Southshore

South Shore is the home of Graf Brothers Flooring and Lumber, the largest manufacturer of rift and quartered oak products in the world. Graf Bros employs approximately 275 people.

Notable People

Don Gullett - He is a former Major League Baseball player. He played with the Cincinnati Reds from 1970–1976 and with the New York Yankees from 1976–1978; however, he was not released until 1980. He was a pitching coach for the Reds from 1993 until mid-season of 2005.

Springfield

Notable People

Paul Derringer, baseball pitcher

Shipwreck Kelly, American football player

Elizabeth Madox Roberts, poet and novelist

Dominican and Sedgefield, 133rd Kentucky Derby entrants

Stanford

Notable People

Karen K. Caldwell, judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

Anthony Gale Commandant of the United States Marine Corps

Basil Hayden All-American athlete and collegiate basketball coach.

Harvey Helm Congressman and Statesman.

Laura Kirkpatrick, the runner-up of thirteenth cycle of America's Next Top Model.

Richard C. Saufley Naval aviation pioneer

William Whitley Early pioneer.

Thomas J. Wright, artist and filmmaker, known for his work on the television series Night Gallery.

Stanton

Stanton is the birthplace of Hall of Fame thoroughbred horse trainer Woody Stephens.

Taylorsville

William Quantrill, the famous Confederate guerrilla raider, was killed by Union troops near the town in 1865, just before the end of the American Civil War.

Tompkinsville

Notable People

Joe H. Eagle - US Representative from Texas.

Elois Grooms - Former defensive lineman in the National Football League.

Samuel B. Maxey - A Major General for the Confederacy in the Civil War who later represented Texas in the U.S. Senate.

Pearl Carter Pace - First woman sheriff in Kentucky

Union

Notable People

Josh Hutcherson (professional actor)

Ahmad Brooks (professional football player)

Merril Hodge (NFL analyst)

John Waltz (2010 Democratic candidate for US Congress)

Steve Flesch (Professional Golfer)

Lindsay Shoeni (AmeriCorps Extraordinaire)

Vanceburg

Home of the 2007 Junior League Boys Baseball Kentucky State Champions. Home of the 2008 Senior League Boys Baseball Kentucky State Champions. Home of the 2009 Senior League Boys Baseball Kentucky State Champions.

Notable People

Faith Esham - performer (opera) and recitalist[4]

Versailles

Notable People

Ben Chandler, Kentucky Attorney General and current U.S. Congressman

Happy Chandler, Kentucky Governor and Commissioner of Baseball

Martha Layne Collins, Kentucky Governor

John J. Crittenden, Kentucky Governor, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator, U.S. Attorney

General William Stamps Farish IV, Owner of Lane's End Farm

Brereton Jones, Kentucky Governor

Edward Platt, Actor who played "The Chief" on Get Smart

William Shatner, Actor and Saddlebred Owner

Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn, U.S. Congressman, U.S. Senator

Kenny Troutt, Owner of Excel Communications and Winstar Farm

Henry Ward, Kentucky Commissioner of Highways and Commissioner of State Parks

Wallins Creek

Wallins Creek is said to be haunted by an old coal miner who died in an explosion and who walks alongside the roadside to his former home

Walton

Walton has held an annual "Old Fashion Day" every September since 1973 (the 175th birthday of Boone County). Waltonians decorate store windows with old-fashioned artifacts such as quilts, family heirlooms, old photographs. Some residents dress in period costumes. A parade and a street fair with crafts, games, and live music is held.

Warsaw

In 1868, 80 people died in an Ohio River steamboat collision near Warsaw.

Whitesburg

Whitesburg is known for its ubiquitous cut stone. The city was home to a community of Italian stone masons who moved there with the coming of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1911-1912.

Notable People

Harry M. Caudill (author, historian, professor, lawyer, legislator, and environmentalist, 1922–1990)

Emery L. Frazier (Mayor, state representative, Chief Clerk of the U.S. Senate, Secretary of the U.S. Senate, 1896–1973)

Tom Gish (publisher of The Mountain Eagle)

Lee Sexton (traditional Appalachian banjo musician)

Williamsburg

At its peak the city of Williamsburg boasted more millionaires per capita than any other city in the nation

Williamsburg is home to the Kentucky Splash water park The campus of the University of the Cumberlands (formerly Cumberland College) is located on College Hill adjacent to the downtown area of Williamsburg.

Notable Alumni

Bert T. Combs, former Governor of Kentucky

Betty L. Siegel, former president of Kennesaw State University and one of the longest serving female university presidents in American history

Jean Ritchie, folk musician, singer, and songwriter who plays the Appalachian dulcimer.

Mike Duncan, former chairman of the Republican National Committee

Arlis Roaden, director of Higher Ed Tennessee Harold Moses, chair of Department of Cellular Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical School Col.

Carlos Glover, director of national JROTC program

Dick Tunney, Grammy and Dove Award winning Christian music artist

Dr. Ergun Caner, president of Liberty Theological Seminary, part of Liberty University

Rick Nelson, class of 1976, member of Kentucky General Assembly (D-87) (2000-present) representing Bell and Harlan counties. District 87

Controversy

Jason Johnson of Lexington, Kentucky was forced to withdraw from the university on April 8, 2006, after he revealed that he is gay on the social networking site MySpace.com. The sophomore theatre arts major was told by officials that they don't approve of his "gay lifestyle", and although he was a dean's list student, his grades were all downgraded to "F". University president, Dr. James H. Taylor said in a written statement, "At University of the Cumberlands, we hold students to a higher standard than does society in general...University of the Cumberlands isn't for everyone. We tell prospective students about our high standards before they come." The student handbook, as revised in 2005, states that students can be removed from campus for participating in pre-marital sex or promoting homosexuality — a policy which Johnson's attorney alleges was added after Johnson decided to go to school at UC.[1] The legality of such a policy is doubtful as the university receives funds from the Kentucky State Government. According to the Supreme Court ruling in Bob Jones University v. United States, any university receiving public monies may not discriminate, so any court challenge will likely center on this.[2] In Judge Crittenden's decision denying public funding to UC's pharmacy school, he declined to decide this question, stating that the proposed spending violated portions of the Kentucky Constitution that guarantee religious freedom and that public money for education should not be spent on any "church, sectarian or denominational school."[3] On April 19, 2006, Johnson's attorney and the university reached a settlement allowing Johnson to complete his coursework for the current semester and restoring his previous grades. The university agreed to not report to other universities that Johnson was expelled. In addition, Johnson waived his right to sue the university, although he may still file a grievance with the Department of Education or the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools.[4]

Wilmore

Wilmore has two institutions of higher learning: Asbury College and Asbury Theological Seminary

Notable Alumni

Frederick Bohn Fisher (Class of 1902) - Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in India

Andrew N. Johnson (Class of 1903) - Methodist minister, U.S. vice presidential candidate from the Prohibition Party (1944)

Luther Bridgers (Class of 1906 - did not graduate, Honorary Doctorate 1921) - pastor, evangelist, hymnwriter ("He Keeps Me Singing")

E. Stanley Jones (A.B., 1907) - Missionary, Evangelist, Author, and Theologian

J. Waskom Pickett (Class of 1907) - Missionary to India

Lela G. McConnell (Class of 1924) - founder of the Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association

Z.T. Johnson (Class of 1925) - Methodist minister, Asbury College President (1940-1966)

Edward L.R. Elson (Class of 1928) - pastor of National Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.; Chaplain of the United States Senate (1969-1981)

Anna Talbott McPherson (Class of 1929) - author of more than 22 biographies, book illustrator and artist

James B. Pritchard (Class of 1930) - Biblical archaeologist

Mack B. Stokes (Class of 1932) - retired Bishop of the United Methodist Church

Cornelius R. Hager (Class of 1934) - three-time President of Asbury College (1967-1968; 1981-1983; 1992-1993)

Laton E. Holmgren (Class of 1936) - General Secretary of the American Bible Society (1963-1978)

Wayne K. Clymer (A.B., 1939) - a Bishop of the United Methodist Church

Dennis F. Kinlaw (Class of 1943) - Author, Theologian, Evangelist, Asbury College President (1968-81; 1986-91)

Rosalind Rinker (Class of 1945) - Author of Prayer: Conversing with God, selected by Christianity Today magazine as the #1 most influential evangelical book

Ford Philpot (Class of 1951) - Evangelist, Producer of first religious TV program in color, The Story

Dean Jones (Class of 1953 - did not graduate, Honorary Degree 2002) - actor

Joe Hilley (Class of 1978) - New York Times best-selling author

Ernie Steury (Class of 1953) - Missionary Doctor, Tenwek Hospital, Kenya

Paul Rader (Class of 1956) - General of Salvation Army (1994-1999), Asbury College President (2000-2006)

Joe Frank Harris (Class of 1958) - former Governor of Georgia

Gilbert Crouse (Class of 1960) - Economist DHHS W.

Todd Bassett (Class of 1961) - National Commander of Salvation Army (2002-2006), Executive Director of National Association of Evangelicals (2007- )

Janice Shaw Crouse (Class of 1961) - Senior Fellow at the Beverly LaHaye Institute of Concerned Women for America

Joseph R. Pitts (Class of 1961) - United States Representative from Pennsylvania

Ted Strickland (A.B., 1963) - current Governor of Ohio and former U.S. Representative

Leopold Frade (Class of 1965 - did not graduate) - Third Bishop of Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida and former Bishop of Honduras

David Hager (Class of 1968) - Physician, Author

Stephen W. Wood (Class of 1973) - past member of the North Carolina General Assembly

Steve Smith (Class of 1977) - Head Basketball Coach at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, VA

Sue Bell Cobb (Class of 1978) - current Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (first woman to hold this position)

Gregory Van Tatenhove (Class of 1982) - Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky

Andy Merrill (Class of 1990) - Voice artist, Space Ghost Coast to Coast,Cartoon Planet, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and The Brak Show

Michael J. Toczyski (Class of 2005) - National Youth Ministry Consultant and Speaker.

Winchester

Notable People

Daniel Boone, who established Fort Boonesborough on the Kentucky River. Boone is a respected figure in the town, with an annual "Pioneer Festival" held in his honor.

Chilton Allan (1786–1858) was a United States Representative from Kentucky.

Armstead M. Alexander, (1834–1892), United States Congressman from Missouri.[6]

William Harrow, (1822–1871), Union general in the American Civil War.

Helen Thomas, White House press correspondent.

Joel Tanner Hart, sculptor (1810–1877).

Bill and Texas Martin, Songwriters/Recording artists-Founders/Owners of RCM Records (Bill (1938–1999) Texas (1938–1989))

Homer Ledford, (1927–2006), instrument maker and Bluegrass musician.

Allen Tate, (1899–1979), poet associated with the Agrarians, a group of Southern poets and most noted for "Ode to the Confederate Dead"

Matt Ginter, major league baseball player.

Yeremiah Bell, plays safety for the Miami Dolphins NFL team.

Preston Knowles, college basketball player for the University of Louisville Kentucky

Wesleyan College was located in the city from 1890 to 1954

Notable Alumni

Urban Valentine Williams Darlington - former bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South

G. Lindsey Davis - Bishop of the United Methodist Church

Bobby R. Himes - History professor at Campbellsville University and Republican official

John Wesley Hughes - founder of Asbury College and Kingswood College (Kentucky)

Doug Moseley - former Kentucky state senator and retired United Methodist minister

Stanley Forman Reed - former justice of the United States Supreme Court

Jody Richards - former Speaker of the House, Kentucky House of Representatives

Roy Hunter Short - former Bishop of The Methodist Church and the United Methodist Church

A. J. Smith - Executive Vice President and General Manager of the San Diego Chargers

Benjamin T. Spencer Edward Lewis Tullis- former bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South and the United Methodist Church

Cory Wade - Pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers

Woodbury

Woodlawn Park It lies on the site of the former Woodlawn Race Course, which opened in 1859 and drew national attention. The course closed after the Civil War.

Notable People

Claude C. Bloch - Admiral who commanded the local Naval District at Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack during World War II

R. A. Alexander, noted breeder, was a major figure in buying estate for National Racing Association. He contracted with Tiffany's to design the Woodlawn Vase; used in 1861 and 1862. It was buried for safety during the war. The vase is now the winner's trophy at the Preakness Stakes, where a replica is given each