Carrollton, Kentucky

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Carrollton

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• Police make six-county drug sweep
  

  NORTHERN KENTUCKY - Kentucky State Police along with several other law enforcement departments fanned out today to serve drug-related warrants on 68 alleged drug dealers in Gallatin, Owen, Trimble, Carroll, ...

• Families Line Up For Heat Assistance Program
  

  Gov. Steve Beshear announced the state is giving a 40-percent increase to a federal home heating program.

• Delays Possible During Construction
  

  " Be aware of construction activities along shoulder areas from U.S. 42 to Dixie Highway and on Dixie Highway from New Buffington Road to the railroad crossing south of the Industrial Road/U.S. 25 intersection.

• Henry campaign inquiry drags on
  

  CARROLLTON, Ky. -- Much to Jim Crawford's chagrin, seven thick binders of evidence gathered by the Kentucky State Police in the Steve Henry campaign-finance case still occupy one end of a long, conference-room ...

• Roadwork May Delay Northern Kentucky Motorists
  

  Northern Kentucky motorists can to expect delays next week in numerous high-traffic areas due to roadwork, according to an update on construction projects issued by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet District ...

• MSG (ret) Hansen seeks information on Vietnam Memorials
  

  MSG Hansen seeks information on Vietnam Memorials Sue Stivers received the letter below at the Columbia-Adair County Tourism Commission and passed the request on for input from ColumbiaMagazine.com readers: By ...

• Memories of the Great Depression rekindled
  

  Each time 94-year-old Kathryn Salyers of Carrollton, Ky., watches news reports of financial collapse across America and plummeting stocks on Wall Street, she is reminded of her father's words concerning the ...

• New VA health care centers coming to Kentucky, Indiana
  

  The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will open Veterans Administration health care centers in Carrollton, Ky., and Scottsburg, Ind.

• Work To Narrow I-75 To One Lane In Grant County
  

  Roadwork is expected to narrow northbound Interstate 75 down to a single lane during night time hours next week along a stretch of the highway in Grant County, District 6 of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet ...

• The Artists
  

  Art comes in many forms, from visual tapestries to politically motivated expressions.

• Brasch-Barry construction firm lands four contracts
  

  Brasch-Barry General Contractors Inc. recently was awarded three new contracts for construction and remodeling projects in Louisville and elsewhere.

• Musicians, fans in Highlands orchestrate annual riverfront jug band fest
  

  A large, white van with JUGS on the front license plate was parked at Rod Wenz's house in the Highlands-Douglass neighborhood last week.

• A camp designed for kids coping with parents in the war
  

  "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America," said 158 plus kids in unison.

• Road to Kentucky's past inconvenient for today's driver
  

  The road from U.S. 68 to the old Shaker ferry landing on the Kentucky River is a narrow one.

• 'Heroes' you don't know but should
  

  A few weeks ago, when I asked you to write about your American heroes for this Fourth of July weekend, I offered a few of my own, to get the discussion started.

• Plane Crashes In Carrollton, Ky.
  

  A Union man landed his plane in the Ohio River in Carrollton, Ky., Wednesday. The Kentucky State Police, the Coast Guard, Carroll County Rescue Squad, and Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife responded to ...

• Dow Corning Joins Ky Excel
  

  Dow Corning of Carrollton has joined the Kentucky Department for Environmental Protection 's environmental leadership program KY EXCEL .

City Description

Carrollton is a city in Carroll County, Kentucky, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers. The population was 3,846 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Carroll County. It was founded in 1794, known as Port William initially. It served as county seat of Gallatin County until 1838 when the county was split, creating Carroll County, and Port William was renamed Carrollton and became the seat of the new county. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad was built near town in 1868 and eventually became more important to the town's economy than river traffic. It has one of the state's largest tobacco markets, and the population has remained steady since being recorded at 3,884 in the 1970 census. See Carrollton bus disaster for an important, and tragic, event in Carroll County's history. Carrollton is located at 38°40'38" North, 85°10'17" West (38.677329, -85.171504). The town is situated on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Kentucky River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²), of which, 2.2 square miles (5.8 km²) of it is land and 0.44% is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,846

City Contained By:

• Carroll County
• Kentucky

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 5.95697265377 km squared

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