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Black plaque № 46427

Hanson, KY, United States

Hanson. This town, named for Henry B. Hanson, the civil engineer who planned it, was founded in 1869 and incorporated in 1873. Hanson became bustling tobacco center. "Hanson Twist" tobacco was shipped throughout the U.S. Four costly fires in 1889, 1894, 1905, and 1906, changed the town's history. Pr

esented by Citizens for Historic Preservation.

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