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Name of the site
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image
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year
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place
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county
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description
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1
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Daniel Carter Beard Boyhood Home
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1965
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Covington 39 ° 5 ′ 21 "N, 84 ° 30 ′ 20" W.
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Kenton County
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Home of Daniel Carter Beard , founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone , a forerunner of the Boy Scouts of America
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2
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Belle of Louisville
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1989
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Louisville 38 ° 15 ′ 15 "N, 85 ° 45 ′ 37" W.
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Jefferson County
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One of the last existing historical paddle steamers
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3
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Maker's Mark (Burks' Distillery)
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1980
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Loretto 37 ° 38 ′ 52 "N, 85 ° 20 ′ 56" W.
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Marion County
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The oldest operating whiskey distillery in Kentucky
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4th
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Camp Nelson Historic and Archeological District
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2013
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Nicholasville 37 ° 47 '10 "N, 84 ° 35' 59" W.
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Jessamine County
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Once one of the largest recruiting and training centers for Black Americans during the Civil War, Camp Nelson is also of importance as a refugee camp site for women and children who escaped slavery and sought freedom.
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5
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Churchill Downs
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1986
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Louisville 38 ° 12 ′ 11 ″ N, 85 ° 46 ′ 12 ″ W.
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Jefferson County
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Horse racing track and venue for the annual Kentucky Derby
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6th
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Ashland
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1960
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Lexington 38 ° 1 ′ 43 "N, 84 ° 28 ′ 48" W.
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Fayette County
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Home of Henry Clay (1777–1852), US Secretary of State from 1829 to 1829
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7th
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John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge
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1975
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Covington, Cincinnati ( Ohio ) 39 ° 5 ′ 37 "N, 84 ° 30 ′ 36" W.
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Kenton County
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Until the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world
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8th
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Fort Boonesborough State Park
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1996
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Richmond 37 ° 54 ′ 2 ″ N, 84 ° 16 ′ 6 ″ W.
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Madison County
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One of the first white settlements in Kentucky
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9
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Green River Shell Middens Archeological District
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1994
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Morgantown address not published
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Butler County
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Archaeological dig site
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10
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Indian knoll
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1964
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Rockport 37 ° 15 ′ 48 ″ N, 86 ° 58 ′ 23 ″ W.
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Ohio County
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Archaeological site
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11
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Jacobs Hall, Kentucky School for the Deaf
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1965
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Danville 37 ° 38 ′ 29 ″ N, 84 ° 46 ′ 18 ″ W.
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Boyle County
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The Jacobs Hall is the oldest building of the Kentucky School for the Deaf (School for the Deaf)
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12
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Keeneland Race Course
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1986
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Lexington 38 ° 2 ′ 44 "N, 84 ° 36 ′ 38" W.
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Fayette County
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Horse racing track
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13
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Labrot & Graham's Old Oscar Pepper Distillery
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2000
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Versailles 38 ° 6 ′ 46 ″ N, 84 ° 48 ′ 43 ″ W.
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Woodford County
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Historic whiskey distillery
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14th
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Liberty Hall
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1971
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Frankfort 38 ° 11 '56 "N, 84 ° 52' 53" W.
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Franklin County
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The home of John Brown , the US Senator who promoted Kentucky
state status |
15th
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Lincoln Hall, Berea College
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1974
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Berea 37 ° 34 ′ 19 ″ N, 84 ° 17 ′ 9 ″ W.
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Madison County
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Building on the grounds of Berea College , the first mixed-sex and multiracial college in the southern states
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16
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Historic Locust Grove
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1986
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Louisville 38 ° 17 ′ 13 ″ N, 85 ° 39 ′ 43 ″ W.
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Jefferson County
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Former home of George Rogers Clark
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17th
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Louisville Water Tower
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1971
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Louisville 38 ° 16 ′ 50 "N, 85 ° 42 ′ 4" W.
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Jefferson County
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Old Louisville water tower from 1856
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18th
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Mayor Andrew Broaddus
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1989
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Louisville 38 ° 15 ′ 33 "N, 85 ° 45 ′ 18" W.
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Jefferson County
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United States Life-Saving Service floating lifeboat station
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19th
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Ephraim McDowell House
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1965
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Danville 37 ° 38 ′ 42 "N, 84 ° 46 ′ 16" W.
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Boyle County
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Doctor Ephraim McDowell's home
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20th
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Middle Creek Battlefield
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1992
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Prestonsburg 37 ° 39 ′ 8 "N, 82 ° 48 ′ 40" W.
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Floyd County
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Location of the Battle of Middle Creek in the American Civil War , which was victorious for Union forces
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21st
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Mill Springs Battlefield
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1994
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Nancy 37 ° 0 ′ 19 "N, 84 ° 45 ′ 28" W.
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Pulaski County
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Location of the Battle of Mill Springs
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22nd
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Old Bank of Louisville
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1971
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Louisville 38 ° 15 ′ 20 "N, 85 ° 45 ′ 20" W.
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Jefferson County
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23
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Transylvania University (Old Morrison)
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1965
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Lexington 38 ° 3 '9 "N, 84 ° 29' 38" W.
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Fayette County
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The Morrison College was one of the oldest buildings of the university, the first west of the Appalachians
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24
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Old State Capitol
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1971
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Frankfort 38 ° 12 ′ 1 ″ N, 84 ° 52 ′ 36 ″ W.
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Franklin County
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Also known as the Old Statehouse, it was Kentucky's
third state capitol |
25th
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Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
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1960
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Perryville 37 ° 40 ′ 31 "N, 84 ° 58 ′ 11" W.
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Boyle County
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The Battle of Perryville was the largest battle in Kentucky in the American Civil War.
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26th
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Pine Mountain Settlement School
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1991
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Bledsoe 36 ° 56 '55 "N, 83 ° 10' 59" W.
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Harlan County
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27
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Pleasant Hill
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1971
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Harrodsburg 37 ° 49 ′ 5 "N, 84 ° 44 ′ 25" W.
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Mercer County
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Community of the Shaker religious group
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28
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George T. Stagg Distillery
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2013
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Frankfort 38 ° 13 '3 "N, 84 ° 52' 11" W.
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Franklin County
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With facilities dating from around 1880 to 1953, George T. Stagg is a rare example of a distillery that made its whiskey before, during, and after Prohibition . The distillery therefore offers an otherwise non-existent study of the evolution of buildings and technologies used by whiskey producers in America.
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29
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Zachary Taylor House
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1961
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Louisville 38 ° 16 '45 "N, 85 ° 38' 50" W.
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Jefferson County
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Home of Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), Twelfth President of the United States (1849-1850)
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30th
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United States Marine Hospital of Louisville
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1997
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Louisville 38 ° 16'16 "N, 85 ° 47'2" W.
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Jefferson County
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31
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Wendover
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1991
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Hyden 37 ° 7 '39 "N, 83 ° 21' 55" W.
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Leslie County
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First attempt to professionalize midwifery in the USA
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32
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Whitney Young Birthplace and Museum
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1984
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Simpsonville 38 ° 13 '22 "N, 85 ° 22' 20" W.
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Shelby County
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Birthplace of civil rights activist Whitney Young
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