Yosemite in Casey County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Utah School
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 6, 2024
1. Utah School Marker
Site of one of the first schools in Casey Co. Est. in the 1830s in a log building, was used as church and school. Around the Civil War, school dist. divided into Durham and Utah districts. This became the Utah district school. Area districts continued to be split, and, by 1912, the log schoolhouse was no longer used. County then had one brick & 75 frame schools.
Erected 2010 by Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2328.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1830.
Location. 37° 16.495′ N, 84° 44.84′ W. Marker is in Yosemite, Kentucky, in Casey County. It is on Fishing Creek Road 0.3 miles east of Jones Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yosemite KY 42566, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s The Knobs. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Upper South. 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: 1st KY Cavalry Beginning (approx. 1.1 miles away); Silas Wesley (approx. 2.9 miles away); Dedicated to the Memory of General Christopher Riffe (approx. 7.3 miles away); John Fry (approx. 10.1 miles away); The Liberty Bell (approx.
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Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, April 6, 2024
2. Utah School Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 9, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 301 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 22, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
