Falmouth in Pendleton County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

County Named 1798

Pendleton County

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 20, 2013

1. County Named 1798 Marker

Inscription. For Edmund Pendleton, 1721-1803. A patriot statesman. Virginian. Member House of Burgesses 1752-1774. In the First Continental Congress. Governor Colonial Virginia 1774-1776. President Virginia Constitutional Convention, 1776, and President of Virginia State Convention that ratified Federal Constitution, 1788. Chief, State Court of Appeals, 1779-1803. County from Bracken and Campbell.

Erected 1968 by Kentucky Historical Society-Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 937.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Government & Politics. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1776.

Location. 38° 40.641′ N, 84° 19.799′ W. Marker is in Falmouth, Kentucky, in Pendleton County. It is on Main St. north of Shelby Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Falmouth KY 41040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

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and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Kennett Tavern (within shouting distance of this marker); Virgilene Ritter Moore • Walter B. Moore (within shouting distance of this marker); Bell (within shouting distance of this marker); Bird’s War Road (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Albert A. Jameson (about 700 feet away); John Waller (approx. 4.1 miles away); British Indian Raid (approx. 6 miles away); Bold House (approx. 10.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Falmouth.

Pendleton County Courthouse and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 20, 2013

2. Pendleton County Courthouse and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on August 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 620 times since then and 32 times this year. Last updated on March 6, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 14, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.