Rowan County, Kentucky

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Rowan County

History

The first settlement was established in Farmers, a town 10 miles west of Category:Morehead, Kentucky:Morehead. Its population rapidly increased due its fertile farming land and proximity to water sources. Additional settlers came to Rowan County from Virginia in the late 18th century after being awarded land grants at the end of the American Revolutionary War. Clearfield was the second settlement established in the county, being colonized by a Virginia aristocrat named Dixon Clack in the early 1800s. It accommodated the first sawmill in the county.

Sources

See Also

• Wikidata: Item Q505510, en:Wikipedia
• Rowan County in KyGenWeb Project
• Rowan County at FamilySearch.org
• Rowan County at LDS Genealogy
• National Register of Historic Places