County and Road Map of Kentucky. Kentucky. Historical Sketches of Kentucky: embracing its history, antiquities and natural curiosities, geographical, statistical and geological descriptions; with anecdotes of pioneer life ... and biographical sketches ... Illustrated by forty engravings. [Based on materials collected by H. P. Peers.

Hazard is a home rule-class city [5] in, and the county seat of, Perry County, Kentucky, United States. [6] . The population was 5,263 at the 2020 census. [7] Coal miners' children cross a footbridge into Hazard, Kentucky, July 1940. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott.

Service in Hazard, Kentucky (1974-1976) From 1974 to 1976, Naomi worked in Hazard, Kentucky, a region known for its rugged terrain and underserved population. She joined forces with Lucille LeBeau at a rural health clinic. Armed with her jeep, she navigated the hollers, or narrow valleys, to make mother-daughter visits.

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Few persons living in the western or central portions of Kentucky who have not traveled recently in the mountains realize what a flourishing little city is growing up on the North Fork of the Kentucky River, in Perry County. Hazard, the county seat of Perry, is 1.36 miles southeast of Lexington and 50 miles from the Virginia border.

By 1854 the post office bore the name Hazard and the town was incorporated as Hazard in 1884. When Perry County was formed founding fathers were veterans of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 who had come to this location on the North Fork of the Kentucky River where Elijah Combs settled near a salt lick beside the river.

2010年5月17日 · July 1940. Hazard, Kentucky. "Miners' children crossing swinging bridge from their homes into town." Photo by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

Mr. Isaac B. Richie, of the staple and fancy grocery firm of Napier & Richie, doing a large business in Hazard in a retail way, was born in Knott County, July 14, 1874, and located in Hazard three years ago, before the railroad was built, showing his faith in …

2023年6月6日 · Old Photographs Group | Hazard, Kentucky early 1930's. Looks like a boom town. Current population is 5100, so this must have been in its heyday. Known for coal mining. In 1971, a 17-year-old girl was sucked out of an airplane. She fell over 10,000 feet to the ground. That's the height of about 10 Empire State Buildings.

2012年7月14日 · On June 20, 1854, the name of the settlement was changed to Hazard, the village being named for a heroic leader in the U. S. Navy, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819), who helped defeat the British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.