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Kentucky Important Dates


Important Dates in Kentucky History

  • 1774 Harrodsburg was established as the first permanent settlement in Kentucky. Settlements at Boonesboro, St. Asaph, and Danville soon followed.
  • 1776 Kentucky County was created from Fincastle County, Virginia. It included the eastern part of present-day Kentucky.
  • 1792 The Commonwealth of Kentucky was admitted to the Union as the 15th state. Many pioneers of Kentucky were Revolutionary War veterans who came to claim bounty land.
  • 1803 Migration through Kentucky, as well as settlement there, increased after the Louisiana Purchase.
  • 1812 - 1815 The War of 1812 involved many Kentucky soldiers.
  • 1815 - 1860 Kentucky settlers benefitted from improvements in transportation, including river steamboats, canals, and railroads.
  • 1861 - 1865 Kentucky was officially neutral in the Civil War but its soldiers served on both sides (120,000 Union and 60,000 Confederate).

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