Paducah, Kentucky
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Location in Kentucky
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| Foundation : | 1821 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Kentucky | ||
| County : | McCracken County | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 4 ′ N , 88 ° 38 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | ||
| Residents : | 25,024 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 495.5 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 50.5 km 2 (approx. 19 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 104 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 42001-42003 | ||
| Area code : | +1 270 and 364 | ||
| FIPS : | 21-58836 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 0500106 | ||
| Website : | www.paducahky.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Gayle Kaler | ||
Paducah is a city of 25,024 inhabitants (as of 2010) in the US state of Kentucky and the seat of the county seat of McCracken County .
It is located 90 km southeast of Carbondale , 78 km southeast of Marion , 86 km from Martin , 222 km southeast of St. Louis , 86 km southeast of Cape Girardeau , 250 km northeast of Memphis , 127 km northwest of Clarksville , 135 km southwest of Evansville , 164 km north of Jackson , and 191 km northwest of Nashville in their metropolitan area. The city is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River . One of the largest gas diffusion plants for uranium enrichment is located in Paducah.
National Register of Historic Places
The Paducah Freight House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The Lloyd Tilghman Memorial commemorates Confederate Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman , who died at the Battle of Champion Hill in May 1863. His home, Lloyd Tilghman House , is also included in the register. A total of 30 buildings and sites in Paducah are registered in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) (as of September 21, 2018).
history
Paducah is named after an Indian chief named Padukah, who most likely belonged to the Chickasaw tribe . The city was founded in 1830. During the American Civil War , Paducah was conquered on September 6, 1861 by the Union under Ulysses S. Grant . The city at the mouth of the Tennessee River had important strategic importance.
On March 25, 1864, Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest carried out a surprise attack on Paducah in search of spoils of war. However, the city remained in the hands of the Union.
In 1967 the Ohio River overflowed and badly damaged Paducah.
sons and daughters of the town
- Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944), writer, journalist, columnist and actor
- Charles Kramer (1879–1943), politician
- Fate Marable (1890–1947), big band leader and pianist
- RQ Dickerson (1898-1951), jazz trumpeter
- John Thomas Scopes (1900–1970), teacher who was accused of advocating the theory of evolution in the so-called monkey trial and who helped the theory of evolution to break through in the USA
- Matty Matlock (1907–1978), Dixieland jazz musician, arranger and band leader
- Molly McClure (1919–2008), actress
- Pierre DuMaine (1931–2019), Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of San Jose, California
- Leeman Bennett (born 1938), American football coach
- Daniel Frank Austin (1943-2015), botanist
- C. Owen Lovejoy (* 1943), paleoanthropologist
- Ed Ellis (* 1954), railroad manager
- Larry Stewart (born 1959), country singer
- Marcy Walker (born 1961), actress
- Steven Curtis Chapman (born 1962), singer
- Trevor Mann (* 1988), wrestler, also known by his ring name Ricochet
- Rumer Willis (* 1988), actress and the eldest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore
- Skyler Woodward (born 1993), pool player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed September 21, 2018.