Wilmington
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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.
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More markers in McCracken
Rotary Club of Paducah
Paducah, KY
ROTARY CLUB OF PADUCAH Established in 1915 as the 2nd Rotary Club in Kentucky and 139th in the world.
Boy Scout Troop 1
Paducah, KY
The Boy Scouts of America was incorporated on February 8, 1910.
Dr. William Stuart Nelson, 1895-1977
Paducah, KY
Lincoln Grad Had Global Footprints- Dr. Nelson was born in Paris, Ky.
St. John the Evangelist Church and School
Paducah, KY
Roots of the first Catholic parish in McCracken Co. go back to German immigrants who settled in this area about 1839.
Guthrie Building
Paducah, KY
"All gave some, some gave all"- Established in 1897, it is also known as the Fraternity Building.