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Cherokee State Park, Kentucky
Cherokee State Park, Kentucky

Cherokee State Park was in Marshall county on Kentucky Lake about 16 miles southeast of Benton. It was the only Kentucky state park open to African-Americans. It was created in 1951 and included 300 acres just north of the old Kentucky Lake State Park with a beach, rental cottages, a kitchen and dining hall, and a picnic area. In 1963 Cherokee State Park became part of what is now known as Kenlake State Resort Park after Governor Combs ordered the end of segregation in public facilities.

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