Shady Grove, Kentucky

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Shady Grove
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Shady Grove
Shady Grove (the US)
Coordinates: 37°20′12″N87°52′45″W / 37.33667°N 87.87917°W / 37.33667; -87.87917 Coordinates: 37°20′12″N87°52′45″W / 37.33667°N 87.87917°W / 37.33667; -87.87917
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Crittenden
Elevation 423 ft (129 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
  Summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 503209 [1]

Shady Grove is an unincorporated community within Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States.

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Crittenden County, Kentucky county in Kentucky

Crittenden County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. At the 2010 census, the population was 9,315. Its county seat is Marion. The county was formed in 1842 and named for John J. Crittenden, senator and future Governor of Kentucky. It is a prohibition or dry county.

Kentucky State of the United States of America

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

History

A post office was established at Shady Grove in 1852, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1950. [2] In 1877, Shady Grove reportedly contained 2 churches, 3 stores, and 2 hotels. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shady Grove, Kentucky
  2. "Crittenden County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 146.