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Lewisport is a home rule-class city〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Summary and Reference Guide to House Bill 331 City Classification Reform )〕 in the floodplain of the Ohio River in Hancock County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 1670 at the time of the 2010 U.S. census. It is included in the Owensboro metropolitan area. ==History== Lewisport was originally a ferry landing site known as Little Yellow Banks in allusion to Owensboro's original name of Yellow Banks. The first settler was James Prentis, who platted the current town in 1837 with his brother John. An attempt to rename the city Prentisport failed, though, when James insisted the town be named after his friend Dr. John Lewis instead. The town was chartered as Lewisport in 1839 and the post office was established under that name in 1844.〔Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', (p. 171 ). University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 Aug 2013.〕 The city was formally incorporated by the state assembly the same year, but needed to be reincorporated in 1882.〔Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Lewisport, Kentucky". Accessed 6 Aug 2013.〕 Logging and flatboat construction were the initial chief industries.〔City of Lewisport. "(City of Lewisport )". Accessed 6 Aug 2013.〕 The river has flooded the city repeatedly, and the importance of lumber construction and industry has sparked several major fires.〔Handcock County. "(Lewisport )".〕 Abraham Lincoln won his first case – ''Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Abraham Lincoln'' – in Lewisport's Pate House, at the time the site of the local circuit court. He was tried in the east room of the log house before Squire Pate for operating a ferry across the Ohio River without a license, but the justice of the peace dismissed the case against him. The house is now a county landmark and is open for tours throughout the year.〔Hancock County. "(Historic Homes )".〕 During the Civil War, Bill Davison and Isaac Coulter captured and robbed the steamship Morning Star here on Dec. 23, 1864, killing three Union soldiers.〔http://hancockky.us/History/historicalmarkers.htm〕 The town's only bank was shuttered during the Great Depression. Upon its founding in 1938, the Lewisport School System comprised 8 local one-room schools; today, it is part of the Hancock County Consolidated School System.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lewisport, Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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