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    Lynch is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, United States. In the 2020 census the city population was 658, down from 747 in 2010. Lynch...
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    36.91417; -82.89389 in Harlan County, Kentucky near the Virginia border, just above the towns of Lynch, Kentucky and Appalachia, Virginia. It is alternatively...
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  • Selworthy, Somerset Lynch, Kentucky, a city Lynch, Maryland, an unincorporated community Lynch, Nebraska, a village Lynch Creek, California Lynch Glacier, Washington...
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    The Lynch Historic District, in Lynch, Kentucky, is a 125 acres (51 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places...
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    The Kentucky Coal Museum is a heritage center located in Benham, Kentucky. Its focus is the history of the coal industry in Eastern Kentucky, featuring...
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    Juanita M. Kreps (category People from Lynch, Kentucky)
    Harris). Kreps was born Clara Juanita Morris on January 11, 1921, in Lynch, Kentucky. She was the daughter of Cenia (née Blair) and Elmer M. Morris. She...
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    Louise Slaughter (category People from Lynch, Kentucky)
    death. Slaughter was born in Lynch, Kentucky. She studied microbiology and public health at the University of Kentucky, earning both bachelor's and master's...
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  • The lynching of the Walker family took place near Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, on October 3, 1908, at the hands of about fifty masked Night Riders...
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    A company store owned and operated by the U.S. Coal and Coke Company in Lynch, Kentucky, 1946...
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    Lynching was the widespread occurrence of extrajudicial killings which began in the United States' pre–Civil War South in the 1830s, slowed during the...
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    with respect to interstate bus routes, Ethel New, a black woman from Lynch, Kentucky, was arrested for violating the law because she had purchased an intrastate...
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  • directed the development of coal mines of U.S. Steel in West Virginia and Lynch, Kentucky for over 30 years. He acquired multiple U.S. Patents for inventions...
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  • The lynching of the Frenches of Warsaw took place in Warsaw, Gallatin County, Kentucky on May 3, 1876, between 1 am and 2 am on a Wednesday morning. Benjamin...
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  • The lynching of Marie Thompson of Shepherdsville took place in the early morning on June 15, 1904, in Lebanon Junction, Bullitt County, Kentucky, for her...
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    Harry Dean Stanton (category Male actors from Kentucky)
    Paris, Texas (1984) and in Lucky (2017). Stanton was born in West Irvine, Kentucky, to Sheridan Harry Stanton, a tobacco farmer and barber, and Ersel (née...
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    Leland Byrd (category People from Lynch, Kentucky)
    serve as athletic director at several universities. Byrd was born in Lynch, Kentucky, on April 8, 1927, and grew up in Matoaka, West Virginia. He played...
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    neighboring Cumberland. Kentucky Route 160 is Benham's Main Street, leading west 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to Cumberland and east through Lynch 9 miles (14 km) to...
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  • Ashland tragedy (category Lynching deaths in Kentucky)
    removed him from the jail on the night of the 31st and lynched him in Ashland. To avoid another lynch mob threat, Craft and Neal were moved under heavy guard...
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    Andrew Lynch (born July 28, 1971) is an American comedian, musician and actor who is known for his songs mocking daily life and popular culture. Lynch has...
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  • coaching job was at a high school in Franklin, Kentucky, where his teams were 24–12–1. In 1937, Lynch succeeded Blair Cherry as Amarillo head football...
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  • Charles Counts (category People from Lynch, Kentucky)
    moved to Nigeria where he taught until his death. Counts was born in Lynch, Kentucky. Charles' ancestors were some of the early pioneering settlers of Russell...
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    Versailles is a home rule-class city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States. It lies 13 miles (21 kilometers) by road west of Lexington and is part...
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    Virginia State Route 160 and its Kentucky State Route 160 counterpart are signposted closed to tractor-trailers between Lynch, KY and Appalachia, VA. SR 160...
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    east of Lynch, is Kentucky's highest point, with an elevation of 4,145 feet (1,263 m) above sea level. U.S. Highway 421 U.S. Highway 119 Kentucky Route...
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    This is a list of lynching victims in the United States. While the definition has changed over time, lynching is often defined as the summary execution...
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    condemned the lynching and sent letters to President Taft, the Congress, and Governor Willson of Kentucky. At Willson's insistence, Kentucky issued warrants...
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  • Kentucky Route Zero is a point-and-click adventure interactive fiction game developed by Cardboard Computer and published by Annapurna Interactive. The...
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    County, Kentucky Genealogy, Facts, Records & Links". Genealogyinc.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013. Lynching in America/ Supplement: Lynchings by County[permanent...
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    Louisville is the most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeast, and the 27th-most-populous city in the...
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    County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the second-most populous city in Kentucky (after Louisville)...
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