| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Providence, Webster County, Kentucky ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Providence, Kentucky
Providence 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 Webster County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 3,193 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.
==History==
Richard B. Savage arrived from Virginia with his wife and his elder sister Mary Savage Settler in 1820 and erected a store at the site of the present-day city. The community that grew up around it was known as Savageville until the post office was established in 1828, after which it was renamed "Providence". Although sometimes said to honor the city of that name in Rhode Island, the local history is that an old trader who had been assisted by local farmers suggested the name to honor divine Providence.〔Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', (p. 244 ). University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 27 September 2013.〕 On February 18, 1840,〔 the town was established with a population of 150, which included three physicians and the owners of five stores, two hotels, a school, a Baptist church, a Masonic hall, and three tobacco stemmeries. In the heart of the state's Black Patch tobacco-growing region, Providence eventually became the 3rd-largest stemming market in America.〔Webster County. "(Providence )".〕
Providence was incorporated as a city in 1860.〔 The onset of the Civil War slowed economic growth in the city, although no major battles took place there. A Confederate reconnaissance and foraging force commanded by Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest passed through between November and December 1861.〔
Commercial coal mining began in 1888, and by 1930 Providence residents numbered 4,742. In the 1930s, depressed conditions in the coal fields resulted in a loss of population that continued through the 1960s. Providence' economy remains tied to coal and agriculture.〔
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「Providence, Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|