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Ashland

Kentucky, United States
Also known as: Poageā€™s Settlement
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Ashland, city, Boyd county, northeastern Kentucky, U.S. It lies along the Ohio River just below the mouth of the Big Sandy River. The city of Ashland forms a tristate industrial complex with Ironton, Ohio, and Huntington, West Virginia. Settled in 1815 as Poageā€™s Settlement, it was renamed (1854) in honour of Henry Clayā€™s home in Lexington, Kentucky. Ashlandā€™s proximity to coal and timber regions and to iron-ore deposits (which are no longer mined) contributed to...

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