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McCracken County, Kentucky


Kenmil Place

Photo: Kenmil Place, circa 1829/1923, located at 4300 Alben Barkley Drive (U.S. Route 62) in Paducah, Kentucky. Currently the State of Kentucky Welcome Centert. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Photographed by user:Nyttend (own work), 2013, [public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, accessed November, 2022.


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The McCracken County Courthouse is located at 301 South 6th Street, Paducah, KY 42003; phone: 270-444-4707.

The county was created in 1825 from Hickman County. It is named for Captain Virgil McCracken a hero who was killed in the War of 1812.

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