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Prestonville, Kentucky : ウィキペディア英語版 | Prestonville, Kentucky
Prestonville is a 6th-class city located at the confluence of the Ohio and Kentucky rivers in Carroll County, Kentucky, in the United States. It lies across the Kentucky River from Carrollton. The population was 161 at the 2010 U.S. Census. ==History== The site of the present city was originally part of a grant of several thousand acres to Col. William Preston of Virginia for his service during the American Revolution. The town was chartered in 1797. A post office operated from 1844 to 1849; another was opened nearby in 1880 and called Wideawake prior to its removal to Prestonville in 1893.〔Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', (pp. 242–243 ). University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 28 September 2013.〕 The city was incorporated in 1867.〔
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