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Mayfield, Kentucky, the Glossary

Mayfield is a home rule–class city and the county seat of Graves County, Kentucky, United States.^[1]

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1824 establishments in Kentucky

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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America's Got Talent

America's Got Talent (often abbreviated as AGT) is a televised American talent show competition, and is part of the global ''Got Talent'' franchise created by Simon Cowell.

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The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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Amish

The Amish (Amisch; Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss and Alsatian origins.

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Andrew Boone

Andrew Rechmond Boone (April 4, 1831 – January 26, 1886) was a United States representative from Kentucky.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American lawyer, planter, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Area codes 270 and 364

Area codes 270 and 364 are telephone overlay area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the Commonwealth of Kentucky's western and south central counties.

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Asian Americans

Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of those immigrants).

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Beriah Magoffin

Beriah Magoffin (April 18, 1815 – February 28, 1885) was the 21st Governor of Kentucky, serving during the early part of the Civil War.

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Betsy Cook

Betsy Cook is an American-born singer, songwriter and musician.

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Black Patch Tobacco Wars

The Black Patch Tobacco Wars were a period of civil unrest and violence in the western counties of the U.S. states of Kentucky and Tennessee at the turn of the 20th century, circa 1904–1909.

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Bobbie Ann Mason

Bobbie Ann Mason (born May 1, 1940) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and literary critic from Kentucky.

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BWX Technologies

BWX Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia is a supplier of nuclear components and fuel to the U.S.

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Cabbage Patch Kids

Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of cloth dolls with plastic heads first produced by Coleco Industries in 1982.

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Cato Institute

The Cato Institute is an American libertarian think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1977 by Ed Crane, Murray Rothbard, and Charles Koch, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Koch Industries.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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Central Time Zone

The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America and some Caribbean islands.

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Chickasaw

The Chickasaw are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, United States.

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Chuck Taylor (wrestler)

Dustin Lee Howard (born April 22, 1986), better known by the ring name Chuck Taylor, is an American professional wrestler.

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Civil rights movement

The civil rights movement was a social movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement in the country.

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Class action

A class action, also known as a class action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group.

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Confederate government of Kentucky

The Confederate government of Kentucky was a shadow government established for the Commonwealth of Kentucky by a self-constituted group of Confederate sympathizers and delegates sent by Kentucky counties, during the American Civil War.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.

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Cornbread Red

Billy Joe "Cornbread Red" Burge (December 17, 1931 – February 13, 2004), was an American pool player.

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County seat

A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish.

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David Boaz

David Douglas Boaz (August 29, 1953 – June 7, 2024) was an American author, philosopher and editor.

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Dismissal (employment)

Dismissal (colloquially called firing) is the termination of employment by an employer against the will of the employee.

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Dry county

In the United States, a dry county is a county whose government forbids the sale of any kind of alcoholic beverages.

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Ellis Wilson

Ellis Wilson (20 April 1899 – 2 January 1977) was an African-American artist associated with the Harlem Renaissance.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Fulton, Kentucky

Fulton is a home rule-class city in Fulton County, Kentucky, United States. Mayfield, Kentucky and Fulton, Kentucky are cities in Kentucky.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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Governor of Kentucky

The governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky is the head of government in Kentucky.

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Graves County, Kentucky

Graves County is a county located on the southwest border of the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. Mayfield, Kentucky and Graves County, Kentucky are 1824 establishments in Kentucky.

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Helen LaFrance

Helen LaFrance (November 2, 1919 – November 20, 2020) was a self-taught Black American artist born in Graves County, Kentucky, the second of four daughters to James Franklin Orr and Lillie May Ligon Orr.

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Henry Cornelius Burnett

Henry Cornelius Burnett (October 25, 1825 – October 1, 1866) was an American politician who served as a Confederate States senator from Kentucky from 1862 to 1865.

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Hickman, Kentucky

Hickman is a city in and the county seat of Fulton County, Kentucky, United States. Mayfield, Kentucky and Hickman, Kentucky are cities in Kentucky and county seats in Kentucky.

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Hispanic and Latino Americans

Hispanic and Latino Americans (Estadounidenses hispanos y latinos; Estadunidenses hispânicos e latinos) are Americans of full or partial Spanish and/or Latin American background, culture, or family origin.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.

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Interstate 24

Interstate 24 (I-24) is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States.

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Interstate 69 in Kentucky

Interstate 69 (I-69) in the US state of Kentucky is a freeway running from Fulton to Henderson.

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Isaac Shelby

Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 – July 18, 1826) was the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina.

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Jackson Purchase

The Jackson Purchase, also known as the Purchase Region or simply the Purchase, is a region in the U.S. state of Kentucky bounded by the Mississippi River to the west, the Ohio River to the north, and the Tennessee River to the east.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kent Robbins

Kent Marshall Robbins (April 23, 1947 – December 27, 1997) was an American country music songwriter.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Kentucky Dam

Kentucky Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Tennessee River on the county line between Livingston and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Kentucky High School Athletic Association

The Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA) has been the governing body of the U.S. state of Kentucky's high school athletics since 1917.

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Kentucky Route 80

Kentucky Route 80 (KY 80) is a state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Kentucky's 1st congressional district

Kentucky's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky.

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Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League

The Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (or KITTY League) was a Class D level minor league baseball circuit that went through six different periods of play between 1903 and 1955.

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Kevin Skinner

Patrick Kevin Skinner (born February 25, 1974) is an American country music singer from the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky.

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List of cities in Kentucky

Kentucky, a state in the United States, has 418 active cities. Mayfield, Kentucky and List of cities in Kentucky are cities in Kentucky.

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List of counties in Kentucky

There are 120 counties in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky.

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List of governors of Montana

The governor of Montana is the head of government of MontanaMontana Constitution, Article VI, Section 4.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Lon Carter Barton

Lon Carter Barton (1925–2006) was an American politician and historian.

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Lucien Anderson

Lucien Anderson (June 23, 1824 – October 18, 1898) was a pro-Unionist slave owner and United States Representative from Kentucky.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Martha Nelson Thomas

Martha Nelson Thomas (born Martha Marie Nelson, November 29, 1950 – May 26, 2013) was an American folk artist, known for her work in soft sculpture.

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Mayfield Clothiers

The Mayfield Clothiers was the primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Mayfield, Kentucky that played from 1922 to 1924 and 1936–1955 (with a break from 1942 to 1945 when the league was shut down during World War II).

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Mayfield Ten

The Mayfield Ten were ten African-American students in Graves County, Kentucky who chose to integrate the white high school in Mayfield, Kentucky in 1956.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Mickey Stubblefield

Wilker Mickey Stubblefield (February 26, 1926 – February 19, 2013) was a Negro league baseball pitcher.

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Mid-Continent University

Mid-Continent University was a four-year, liberal arts Christian institution located near Mayfield, Kentucky, United States.

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Multiracial Americans

Multiracial Americans or mixed-race Americans are Americans who have mixed ancestry of two or more races. The term may also include Americans of mixed-race ancestry who self-identify with just one group culturally and socially (cf. the one-drop rule). In the 2020 United States census, 33.8 million individuals or 10.2% of the population, self-identified as multiracial.

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Murray, Kentucky

Murray is a home rule-class city in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. Mayfield, Kentucky and Murray, Kentucky are cities in Kentucky and county seats in Kentucky.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Noble J. Gregory

Noble Jones Gregory (August 30, 1897 – September 26, 1971) was a Democrat who represented Kentucky for eleven terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1937 to 1959.

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North American Numbering Plan

The North American Numbering Plan (NANP) is a telephone numbering plan for twenty-five regions in twenty countries, primarily in North America and the Caribbean.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River is a river in the United States.

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Paducah, Kentucky

Paducah is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. Mayfield, Kentucky and Paducah, Kentucky are cities in Kentucky and county seats in Kentucky.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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President of the United States

The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Public library

A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes.

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Purchase Parkway

The Julian M. Carroll Purchase Parkway is a freeway in the US state of Kentucky running from Fulton to Mayfield, for a length of.

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Randy Galloway

George Randolph "Randy" Galloway (born January 19, 1943) is a sports columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and a graduate of Sam Houston State University.

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Rex Geveden

Rex Geveden (born 1962 in Mayfield, Kentucky) is the president and chief executive officer of BWX Technologies.

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Robert Burns Smith

Robert Burns Smith (December 29, 1854 – November 16, 1908) was a Democratic politician.

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Russellville, Kentucky

Russellville is a home rule-class city in Logan County, Kentucky, in the United States. Mayfield, Kentucky and Russellville, Kentucky are cities in Kentucky and county seats in Kentucky.

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Secession

Secession is the formal withdrawal of a group from a political entity.

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South Carolina

South Carolina is a state in the coastal Southeastern region of the United States.

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Tennessee

Tennessee, officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Tobacco

Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus Nicotiana of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants.

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Tom Mangold

Thomas Cornelius Mangold (born 20 August 1934) is a British broadcaster, journalist and author.

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Tornado outbreak of May 7–10, 2016

A significant four-day outbreak of tornadoes impacted areas across the High Plains, central Midwest, and parts of the Ohio Valley in early May.

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Tripp Gibson

Hal Harrison Gibson III, known as Tripp Gibson (born August 5, 1981), is an American Major League Baseball umpire who wears uniform number 73.

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U.S. Route 45

U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Union (American Civil War)

The Union, colloquially known as the North, refers to the states that remained loyal to the United States after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederacy or South, during the American Civil War.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfield,_Kentucky

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1824 establishments in Kentucky

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