Wise County / Kentucky

Wise County / Kentucky (HM1PGL)

Location: Pound, VA 24279 Wise County
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Country: United States of America
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N 37° 9.277', W 82° 37.937'

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Wise County. Wise County was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott,
and Russell Counties. It was named for Henry
Alexander Wise who was governor of Virginia
from 1856 to 1860. The county seat is the town
of Wise. After the Civil War the town of Wise
grew and the county's industry expanded because
of the growth of the railroads and the increased
mining of coal in the region.
Noted novelist
John Fox Jr. lived in the town of Big Stone Gap
here for a portion of his life and wrote the best-
selling novels The Trail of the Lonesome Pine and
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come.

Kentucky. The state of Kentucky was once a part of
Virginia. The first permanent European
settlement was established at Harrodsburg in
Between 1784 and 1792,
residents of
this region known as the district of Kentucky
held a number of conventions to discuss
possible statehood. The General Assembly of
Virginia passed an act on 18 Dec. 1789 to
allow Kentucky to apply for statehood. Kentucky
became the 15th state admitted in 1792 to the
United States. Noted individuals who have
resided in Kentucky include statesman Henry
Clay (1777-1852), frontiersmen Daniel Boone
(1734 1820), and U. S. President Abraham
Lincoln, who was born there in 1809.
The capital of Kentucky is Frankfort.

Details

HM Number	HM1PGL
Tags	Political Subdivisions
Marker Number	Z-228
Year Placed	2003
Placed By	Department of Historic Resources
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Saturday, November 21st, 2015 at 9:02am PST -08:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	17S E 355055 N 4113271
Decimal Degrees	37.15461667, -82.63228333
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 37° 9.277', W 82° 37.937'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	37° 9' 16.62" N, 82° 37' 56.22" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	276
Which side of the road?	Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal Address	At or near 12597-12649 US-23, Pound VA 24279, US
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