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| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1775 | First Crop grown in Kentucky by Kenton |
| Jonathan Higgs, built a cabin near the present east end of York Street | |
| 1782 | Battle of Blue Licks Aug 19 |
| 1783 | The Treaty of Paris was signed between Great Britain and the United States September 3 |
| 1784 | Kenton's Station Built |
| 1785 | Simon Kenton sold 700 acres to two Virginians, Arthur Fox and William Wood, who decided to lay out Washington on a one-mile square grid-iron site, sell lots, and turn a profit. |
| Joseph Logan, the first white child born in Mason County, arrived on September 27, (at McKinley’s blockhouse) | |
| 1785 - 1786 | Northwest Indian War |
| 1786 | Washington obtains a Virginia charter |
| Dolly Wood, the first white female born in Mason County, arrived on December 14 | |
| 1787 | Mefford's Station assembled near Washington (is the last known flatboat house in existence) |
| 1788 | Washington named seat of Mason County VA |
| 1789 | First County Court Held |
| 1789 | George Washington inaugurated as first president of the United States of America. |
| 1790 | The first federal census lists four hundred sixty-two residents living in one hundred nineteen houses, making Washington the second largest town in Kentucky. |
| KY legislature grants money to build 22 water wells for fire suppression. (these are the first public waterworks west of the Alleghenies.) | |
| Log cabin housing "Cane Break" shop built | |
| The first tavern license in Mason County was issued to David Broderick | |
| 1792 | Kentucky joins Union as 15th State |
| 1793 | Simon Kenton and a party of settlers crossed the Ohio River to attack one of the last group of Native Americans returning from a raid into central Kentucky. |
| 1794 | Stone Courthouse built |
| Battle of Fallen Timbers | |
| US Post Office Established and was designated as the mail distribution center for the entire Northwest Territory including the present states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. | |
| 1797 | Washington's first paper "The Mirror" published |
| 1798 | Washington's first academy |
| a lottery was authorized to raise one thousand dollars to introduce a public water works into the town from a public spring. The plan failed and the proceeds raised were used to sink 22 wells throughout the village, creating the first public water works system West of the Allegheny Mountains. | |
| 1800 | Federal Hill Built |
| 1807 | Cedar Hill built |
| 1809 | First bank in Northern Kentucky |
| 1811 | Washington forms library |
| First Steamboat traffic on the Ohio River |
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| 1820 | The Maysville and Lexington Railroad was laid out from Lexington to the Ohio River bypassing Washington, a serious blow to the future economy of the town |
| 1825 | Disaster struck in April 1825, when a fire destroyed thirteen buildings including two taverns. |
| 1829 | Maysville - Washington Road |
| 1832 - 1833 | Outbreaks of cholera significantly reduced the population |
| 1848 | Mason County seat moves to Maysville |
| 1853 | Non-Native Hemp variety cultivated. |
| 1909 | Courthouse destroyed by lightning |
| 1918 | Last Washington School built |
| 1934 | WPA era historical sketch of Washington |
| 1962 | Washington becomes an incorporated village |
| 1974 | Washington School Burns |
| 1975 | An archaeological survey was completed. The physical survey and historical research of others led to the discovery of additional historic sites and artifacts both inside and outside of the original historic district boundary |
| 1976 | National Register of Historic Places application |
| 1990 | Maysville annexes Washington |
| US Census reports 749 population | |
| 2005-2006 | Archaeological Survey |
Supporting References
- www.KYatlas.com
- Wikipedia
- washingtonky.com
- Northern Kentucky Views
- City of Maysville
- You Tube
- 2015 Article on Washington KY points of interest