Place:Calvert City, Marshall, Kentucky, United States

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NameCalvert City
Alt namesCalvertsource: USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994) GNIS21004378
TypeCity
Coordinates37.033°N 88.349°W
Located inMarshall, Kentucky, United States
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Calvert City is a city in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,701 at the 2000 census.

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Calvert City was named for Potilla Calvert. He built his home Oak Hill in 1860 and gave a portion of his land to a new railroad, specifying that a station be built near his home. That station served as the starting point of the town, which was incorporated on March 18, 1871.

During the Ohio River flood of 1937, Calvert City's business district and much of the residential area was severely damaged by floodwaters.

In the 1940s, the construction of nearby Kentucky Dam by the Tennessee Valley Authority brought plentiful electric power that led to many industrial plants, mostly chemical manufacturers, to locate between the city and the Tennessee River. Merchant Luther Draffen was instrumental in attracting the dam and industrial plants.

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