Wiborg, Kentucky | |
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Coordinates: 36°48′33″N84°29′27″W / 36.80917°N 84.49083°W Coordinates: 36°48′33″N84°29′27″W / 36.80917°N 84.49083°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | McCreary |
Elevation | 1,358 ft (414 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
ZIP codes | 42654 |
GNIS feature ID | 516351 [1] |
Wiborg is an unincorporated community and coal town in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office closed in 1988. [2]
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west. Its northern border is defined by the Ohio River. Its capital is Frankfort, and its largest city is Louisville. Its population was approximately 4.5 million in 2020.
The Kentucky Derby is an American Grade I stakes race run at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The race is run by three-year-old Thoroughbreds at a distance of one and a quarter miles (2.0 km), the first time horses in the field race that distance. Colts and geldings carry 126 pounds and fillies 121 pounds.
Gerald Clery Murphy and Sara Sherman Wiborg were wealthy, expatriate Americans who moved to the French Riviera in the early 20th century and who, with their generous hospitality and flair for parties, created a vibrant social circle, particularly in the 1920s, that included a great number of artists and writers of the Lost Generation. Gerald had a brief but significant career as a painter.
Levi Addison Ault was a Canadian-born American businessman and bureaucrat whose career was closely associated with the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he earned the nickname "Father of Cincinnati's parks".
Anders Nilsen Wiborg was the fourth commander of the Christiansfjeld Fortress in Norway. He commanded from 15 January 1717 until his death at Kongsvinger during the Great Northern War on 10 October 1718.
Major Hoyt Sherman, a member of the prominent Sherman family, was an American banker.
William Henry Bradley was an American Art Nouveau illustrator, artist and film direcor. Nicknamed the "Dean of American Designers" by The Saturday Evening Post, he was the highest-paid American artist of the early 20th century.
Jan Fredrik Wiborg was a Norwegian civil engineer.
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Eeva-Liisa Manner was a Finnish poet, playwright and translator.
Erlend Wiborg is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He served as deputy mayor of Moss from 2011 to 2013, when he was elected as an MP for Østfold. He has previously served as deputy MP from 2005 to 2013. In parliament, Wiborg served as the first vice chair of the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Affairs from 2013 to 2017, before chairing the committee until 2021.
Cycle two of Top Model aired from September to November 2007 and featured 13 contestants competing for the title of Norges nye toppmodell. Kathrine Sørland was replaced by Vendela Kirsebom as the host of the competition.
Mary Hoyt Wiborg was an American playwright, art patron, and socialite. She wrote the 1922 play Taboo that starred Paul Robeson.
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Frank Bestow Wiborg was a businessman from Cincinnati who, with Levi Addison Ault, created the ink manufacturer Ault & Wiborg Company.
Emil Theodor Schreiner was a Norwegian philologist and educator.
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The 4,500 acres (1,800 ha) Palo Corona Ranch, also known as Fish Ranch, was once a private ranch located on the northern end of Big Sur, California, between Garrapata State Park to the west, Carmel Valley on the north, and Santa Lucia Preserve to the east. The ranch is now owned by Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD) In 2002, the Big Sur Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy acquired the land and transferred ownership to MPRPD in 2004, which created the Palo Corona Regional Park. Key habitat and resources include coastal grasslands and woodland, ponds, and perennial creeks.
Juliane Fredrikke "Julli" Wiborg was a Norwegian teacher and author. She published 34 books, mainly children's books and young girls' novels. Cappelen was her publisher.
The Ault & Wiborg Company was a manufacturer of printing inks that operated independently from 1878 to 1928. Founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, by Levi Addison Ault and Frank Bestow Wiborg, it expanded until its operations in multiple cities made it the world's largest ink manufacturer of its day.