Mount Pleasant | |
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Coordinates: 38°36′47″N85°23′2″W / 38.61306°N 85.38389°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Trimble |
Elevation | 850 ft (260 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (EST) |
GNIS feature ID | 508647 [1] |
Mount Pleasant is an unincorporated community located in Trimble County, Kentucky, in the United States. Its post office operated from 1892 to 1907. [2]
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Trimble County is a county located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Bedford. The county was founded in 1837 and is named for Robert Trimble. Trimble is no longer a prohibition or dry county. Trimble County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, USA, is the site of a Shaker religious community that was active from 1805 to 1910. Following a preservationist effort that began in 1961, the site, now a National Historic Landmark, has become a popular tourist destination. Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, or Shakertown, as it is known by residents of the area, is located 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Lexington, in Kentucky's Bluegrass region. It is a National Historic Landmark District.
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Garrett Davis was a U.S. Senator and Representative from Kentucky.
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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Trimble County, Kentucky.
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Wises Landing is a hamlet located in Trimble County, Kentucky, United States. It is at the mouth of Barebone Creek, two miles from Corn Creek creek, at the headwaters of which is Corn Creek Church. In the 19th century it was a thriving port town for traffic inland into Trimble via the creeks. The community was served by the Corn Creek post office and was damaged in the 1937 Ohio River flood. In 1974, the Louisville Gas & Electric Company selected the area for the construction of a new power plant, which was completed in 1990. The Yeager General Store, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, is located in Wise's Landing.
Mount Pleasant, Kentucky is in Trimble County, whose post office operated from 1892–1907.
Vance Henry Trimble was an American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in recognition of his exposé of nepotism and payroll abuse in the U.S. Congress. Trimble worked in the newspaper business for over fifty years. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1974. He published numerous books after his retirement.