Wilmington
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N 37° 05.726 W 088° 44.458
16S E 345282 N 4106877
Historical Marker noting first county seat and court house for McCracken County, Kentucky. Located at intersection of Wilmington Road and KY 358 between Paducah & Atomic Energy Plant.
Waymark Code: WM9WHT
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2010
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Site of first McCracken County seat half mile south. Established in 1827, three years after county was formed. Town site covered 102 acres, on which there were only eight buildings. First court held home of Isaac Lovelace; courthouse completed, 1830. Floods caused the removal of county seat to Paducah in 1832. The county records had to be moved to Paducah in a skiff.
Marker Name: Wilmington
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Other
Marker Number (for official markers): 970
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society
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