Hemp in Kentucky / Woodford County Hemp

Hemp in Kentucky / Woodford County Hemp (HMKTV)

Location: Versailles, KY 40383 Woodford County
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N 38° 2.962', W 84° 42.052'

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Hemp in Kentucky:
First crop grown 1775. From 1840 to 1860, Ky. Production largest in U.S. Peak in 1850 was 40,000 tons, value of $5,000,000. Scores of factories made twine, rope, gunny sacks, bags for cotton picking and marketing. State's largest cash crop until 1915. Market lost to imported jute, freed of tariff. As war measure, hemp grown again during World War II. See over.

Side Two
Woodford County Hemp:
One of chief producing counties, crop income reached a yearly high of $125,000 in the 1840s. during these peak years, there were 19 ropewalks, long sheds for spiral winding of hemp fibers. In 1941, Kentucky-Illinois Hemp Co. built a breaking plant at Versailles, with 2,000 acres of hemp under contract, using 4 bindiers and 16 reapers to harvest crop. See over.
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HM NumberHMKTV
Series This marker is part of the Kentucky: Kentucky Historical Society series
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Marker Number1167
Year Placed1968
Placed ByKentucky Historical Society - Kentucky Department of Highways
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, September 21st, 2014 at 2:36pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 701735 N 4213787
Decimal Degrees38.04936667, -84.70086667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 2.962', W 84° 42.052'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 2' 57.72" N, 84° 42' 3.12" W
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Area Code(s)859
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3638 Paynes Mill Rd, Versailles KY 40383, US
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