Greenup, Kentucky

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• John Cannon: We need cell phone etiquette:
  

  It is amazing how much inventions created to improve our ability to communicate with one another have had just the opposite effect.

• The weird and the (sometimes) wonderful
  

  While 2008 was devoid of Duct Tape Bandits, Staple Gun Stickup Guys and the like, the year still had no shortage of strange and offbeat stories that captured our attention.

• Lawmaker Pullin Seeks Funding For Locks and Dam Upgrade
  

  Rep. Tanya Pullin, D-South Shore, is working to have the upgrading of the Greenup Dam included in funding from the federal budget.

• Crisis phase of LIHEAP begins Jan. 5
  

  The "crisis phase" of a federal program that provides low-income families in northeastern Kentucky with help paying their home heating bills will begin Jan.

• Retirees club collects 725 movies for vets
  

  Wounded Warriors convalescing at Ft. Knox's Ireland Hospital will have plenty of movies to view during the holidays, according to Tom Reed, president of the Ashland Inc.

• Highway crews prepare for storm
  

  Kentucky Transportation Cabinet highway crews prepared Monday evening for the possibility of a late night as a band of winter weather headed toward the Ashland area causing slick roads and dangerous driving ...

• Inmates talk to students about drugs
  

  An anti-drug program launched recently by the Greenup County sheriff and the prosecutor involves a connection between the jail cell and the classroom.

• Greenup Tour of Homes
  

  A wide variety of Christmas tree styles and interior and exterior decorations can be seen on the annual Candlelight Christmas Tour of the Homes and Churches of Greenup.

• Taking to the stage for the first time
  

  INFOCISION IS HIRING! And we have increased pay rates!!! We will be conducting Open Interviews at ... >MORE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR of NURSING WURTLAND NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER is now accepting applications ...

• Holiday Highlights a "
  

  WURTLAND NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER is now accepting applications for LPNs, SRNAs, CMTs ... >MORE CNA's Community Hospice, Inc.

• Man arrested in BP robbery
  

  An Ashland man who allegedly robbed the BP gas station at 3000 Greenup Ave. on Thursday night has been arrested.

• Officials urge help for auto industry
  

  Chain e-mails containing jokes or stories that may or not be factual have become a part of everyday life in the Internet age.

• A rising star
  

  As a 3-year-old, Dana Romanello astounded her family when she starting singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky." She knew all the words.

• Women face more drug charges
  

  The two Scioto County women arrested Nov. 25 on drug charges in Greenup County, Ky.

• Get ready for the Jingle Bell Ball
  

  A small of loyal group gathered in the ReMax Real Team Realty offices recently to set up the 12-foot tree in the building's lobby.

• Lending a helping hand
  

  The Kiwanis Club of East Greenup County delivered 55 Thanksgiving food baskets Saturday morning to needy families throughout Greenup County.

• In Your View a "
  

  Blame media for Obama's election On Nov. 4, millions of Americans were shocked that a man of Barack Obama's limited experience, extreme liberal positions and radical political alliances could be elected ...

• Affordable tests a "
  

  Here's hoping the home drug testing kits available in Greenup and Lewis counties for only $5 are being used more for prevention than punishment.

• Cigarette Buster a "
  

  Teachers and administrators at Greenup County High School are hoping technology will do something that more human efforts have failed to do for decades: Keep students from sneaking into restrooms to smoke.

City Description

Greenup is a city in Greenup County, Kentucky, at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Sandy Rivers. The population was 1,198 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Greenup County. Greenup is named in honor of Christopher Greenup. Greenup is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). As of the 2000 census, the MSA had a population of 288,649. Greenup is located at 38°34′25″N 82°50′1″W / 38.57361, -82.83361 (38.573503, -82.833549). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²), of which, 0.8 square miles (2.0 km²) of it is land and 0.4 square miles (1.1 km²) of it (34.17%) is water. Greenup was initially planned in 1803 by Robert Johnson, a pioneer and legislator who owned the land. It was incorporated February 4, 1818, as Greenupsburg, named after Kentucky's fourth governor, Christopher Greenup. The name was shortened to Greenup in March 1872. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,198 people, 478 households, and 321 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,523.0 people per square mile (585.5/km²). There were 526 housing units at an average density of

City Contained By:

• Greenup County
• Kentucky

Timezones:

• North American Eastern Time Zone

Size:

• 3.1079857324 km squared

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