CENTERVILLE ~ CRITTENDEN COUNTY KENTUCKY
N 37° 13.667 W 088° 04.556
16S E 404552 N 4120683
CENTERVILLE LOCATED AT US.641 IN CRITTENDEN COUNTY AT CALDWELL COUNTY LINE.
Waymark Code: WM8H6T
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2010
Views: 12
County seat, 1804, of the original Livingston County. A Presbyterian Church was started, 1797, by the Rev. Terah Templin. County seat moved to Salem, 1809. U.S. Army used earlier buildings as supply depot on the "Trail of Tears," Cherokee relocation, 1834 to '38. By Civil War days little remained of the town. Landmarks today are only the foundations and earth depressions.
Marker Name: CENTERVILLE
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 1097
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
KENTUCKY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
~ KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
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