Cox's Station
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Markerman62
N 37° 53.317 W 085° 28.247
16S E 634467 N 4194559
Located on US 31E in front of Cox's Creek Elementary School
Waymark Code: WMW8M5
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 07/24/2017
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The first settlement in Nelson County, Ky. three miles east of this spot stood Cox's Station, established in 1775 by Colonel Issac Cox. A Colonial and Revolutionary War officer who came from Virginia to Kentucky and who was killed by the Indians in 1788. The surveyor's office of Jefferson County was kept in the Station in 1780.
Marker Name: Cox's Station
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number (for official markers): -blank-
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
The Kentucky Society Daughters of the American Colonists
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