Place:Ashbyburg, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States

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NameAshbyburg
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates37.533°N 87.367°W
Located inHopkins, Kentucky, United States
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


Ashbyburg is an inhabited place.


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Origin of Town Name

This is from an article about the origin of town names in Hopkins County is from the City Desk Column by Ernest Claytor in the Madisonville Messenger; Madisonville, Kentucky; November 7, 1949.......... 

This Was originally a tobacco inspection port at the mouth of Pond River upon military lands of Capt. Stephen Ashby, a Veteran of the Revolution --Dlbradley1 14:06, 30 July 2008 (EDT)
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