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Hendron is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,774 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Lone Oak is an unincorporated community and former city in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 454 at the 2000 census, the last before its disincorporation. It is a part of the Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Massac is a census-designated place (CDP) in McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 4,635 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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The Clarks River, named for William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is a 66.7-mile-long (107.3 km) tributary of the Tennessee River in the Jackson Purchase region of western Kentucky. Below the West Fork Clarks River, the river has a mean annual discharge of 368 cubic feet per second. This figure is obtained by combining the average discharge of the Clarks River at Benton, and the average discharge of the West Fork at Brewers.
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Lone Oak High School was a public secondary school located in unincorporated McCracken County, Kentucky, with an address in Paducah. Its nickname was Purple Flash, and its school colors were purple and gold, although some athletic teams, such as the marching band and football team, had adopted purple and black, excluding gold, in the school's final years. The school closed in 2013 with the consolidation of the three high schools in the McCracken County Public Schools (MCPS) district into a new McCracken County High School. Lone Oak's enrollment in its final school year of 2012–13 was approximately 900 students.
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- 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Grahamville
- ↑ History and Families, McCracken County, Kentucky, 1824-1989. Turner Publishing Company. 1989. p. 43. ISBN 978-0-938021-36-0.
- ↑ "McCracken County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
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