Union City, Kentucky

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Union City is a community in Madison County, Kentucky. [1] [2] An 1880 Gazetteer describes it as a post-village of Madison County 7 miles northeast of Richmond, Kentucky. [3]

Vaudevillian Andrew Tribble was born in Union City. [4] A historical marker commemorates his life at Union City Park. [5]

Union City is home to Union City Baptist Church, a grocery store, and a Ruritan club. [1]

In 1905 a railroad company was formed to connect it to Tiptonville in Lake County, Tennessee. [6]

Union City is at the junction of Union City Road, 374, Walker Parke Road, and Doylesville Road.

References

  1. 1 2 Johnson, Harry C. (2004). Madison County, Kentucky. Arcadia. ISBN   978-0-7385-1688-2.
  2. ↑ Galbreath, Charles Burleigh (February 28, 1925). "History of Ohio". American Historical Society, Incorporated – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Company, J. B. Lippincott (February 28, 1880). "Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ..." J.B. Lippincott & Company – via Google Books.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ "Tribble, Andrew A. · Notable Kentucky African Americans Database". nkaa.uky.edu.
  5. ↑ "Marker Dedicated to Vaudevillian Andrew Tribble in Madison County". WEKU. October 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ "The Railway World". United States Railroad and Mining Register Company. February 28, 1905 – via Google Books.

37°47′49″N84°11′53″W / 37.797°N 84.198°W / 37.797; -84.198


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