Tompkinsville in Monroe County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Monroe County World War II Memorial

Photographed by Chad Comer, January 8, 2011

1. Monroe County World War II Memorial Marker

Inscription. In memory
of our comrades
of Monroe County
who gave their lives
in World War II Robert Arnett - Lynn Bartley - Lonnie Birdge - Carlos Blankenship - Fred Brown - Creed Carter - Raymond D. Carter - S. Carson Coffelt - Junior Colson - Glenn Condra - Drewie Edward Cross - Jesse Alvis Denham - Ervin Emmert - Chester Gee - Lynn Gearlds - Ernest C. Grimsley - Paul Grinestaff - Ray W. Hagan - Alden Hammer - Maxey Harlan - Jesse J. Haynie - Garland Hollinsworth - M. E. Isenberg - Carl Jones - Reuben Jones - Elmer Jordan - Jessie J. Keith - Millard S. King - Dennis Kingery - Cordell Lundy - Jack Page - Elmer Plank - James L. Poland - Cass Thomas Proffitt - Dennis Proffitt - Evans Proffitt - Clarence Rhoton - Louis Rich - Ray Russell - James W. Savage - Daniel Edward Sherfey - Russell Shoopman - Faye Short - William H. Smalling - Dumas L. Smith - John L. Smith - Willie Ray Stephens - Maurice Thompson - Delmas M. Tooley - Warren F. Tooley - Fonis C. Turner - Selbia Turner - Wayne Turner - Hascal Welch - Allie C. Wheat - Ovile Williams - Fred Wright

Erected by American Legion.

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Location. 36° 42.056′ N, 85° 41.544′ W. Marker is in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, in Monroe County. It is on South Main Street (State Highway 100) near West 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north. Located in the Monroe County courthouse lawn. Located on the back side of the World War I marker. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Tompkinsville KY 42167, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Monroe County World War I Memorial (here, next to this marker); Monroe County - Tompkinsville (a few steps from this marker); Courthouse Burned (a few steps from

Monroe County courthouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Chad Comer, January 8, 2011

2. Monroe County courthouse

The present Monroe County courthouse was built in 1978-1979.

this marker); Monroe County Korean & Vietnam War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Morgan's First Raid (within shouting distance of this marker); Battle of Tompkinsville (approx. 0.3 miles away); Tompkinsville National Cemetery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Operation Iraqi Freedom Monument (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tompkinsville.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 8, 2011, by Chad Comer of Gamaliel, Kentucky. This page has been viewed 1,483 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 8, 2011, by Chad Comer of Gamaliel, Kentucky. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.