Black plaque № 45447

Cumberland County. Established, 1798, taken out of Green County. Later, between 1800 and 1860, parts of Wayne, Monroe, Russell, Clinton, Metcalfe were taken from its original territory. First known white men here, 1769. Daniel Boone explored area, 1771. Burkesville, laid out in 1798 on land owned by

Samuel Burks, was vital riverport for timber and farm produce during steamboat era. — Burkesville, Courthouse lawn, KY 61, 90

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