Paducah, Kentucky
Paducah, the seat of McCracken county, is on the Ohio River below the mouth of the Tennessee River. The site was chosen by George Rogers Clark during the Revolution and the first settlers probably arrived around 1821. The early settlement was known as Pekin. In 1827 the town was laid out by Clark's brother William who selected the name Paducah to honor the legendary Chickasaw leader, Chief Paduke (or it may be the name of a group of Comanches known as the Padoucas). Paducah became the county seat in 1832 when it was moved from Wilmington.
Paducah was incorporated in 1838.
The Paducah post office opened in 1828.
The population in 2020 was 26,538.
The McCracken County Courthouse in Paducah.
Paducah is the home of West Kentucky Community and Technical College (formerly Paducah Community College and founded in 1932 as Paducah Junior College).
Murals by Robert Dafford on the floodwall along the Ohio River depict
historical scenes of life in Paducah.
MORE INFORMATION
- Carson Center (Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center)
- Lower Town Arts and Music Festival
- McCracken County Government
- McCracken County Public Library
- McCracken County Schools
- Museum of the American Quilter's Society
- Paducah, City of
- Paducah and Louisville Railway
- Paducah Area Transit System
- Paducah Power System
- Paducah Public Schools
- Paducah Sun
- Paducah/McCracken County Convention and Visitors Bureau
- Seamen's Church Institute – Paducah
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