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Maysville (Ky.)

LC control no.n 81005755
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Geographic headingMaysville (Ky.)
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Geographic subdivision usageKentucky--Maysville
See alsoLimestone (Ky.)
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Found inFederal Writers' Project, Kentucky. Kentucky, 1947: p. 363 (Name changed from Limestone to Maysville)
GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009 (ppl; 38°38ʹ28ʺN 083°44ʹ40ʺW)
Kentucky atlas and gazetteer, via WWW, July 24, 2013 (Maysville, Ky.; at the confluence of Limestone Creek and the Ohio River; first settled in the 1780s and initially known as Limestone; town formed in 1787 and named Maysville; post office opened as Limestone in 1794 but renamed Maysville about 1799; both names used well into the 19th century)
Geographic area coden-us-ky