Smithland, Kentucky is located at the intersection of the Cumberland and Ohio Rivers. Today it is on a ghost of its past as few business remain and the tourist industry has long passed the small town. There are approximately 1000 people living in Smithland today. A very nice $7 million dollar Justice Center is the most predominate building in town. Built next to the current court house the building is very nice. The former main street of Smithland slowly started disappearing in the middle of the last century as building after building was torn town and only a vacant lot remains [View Full Entry]

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Marion, Kentucky is a small town in Western Kentucky with a population of around 3000 in town and about 10000 in Crittenden County. There is some small industry in Marion that adds several jobs to the economy. Schools were consolidate years ago with a single high school serving the county. The city has imposed a 3% eat in tax on all food that you purchase and eat in the city. In addition there is a $1 per night room tax on motels rooms. While the purported reason of such taxes is to promote tourism, that cannot be said to be the [View Full Entry]

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Salem Kentucky is a small town in Western Kentucky about 12 miles west of Marion and 30 miles east of Paducah. Approximately 750 people live in Salem which at one time was the county seat. There are no schools in Salem as the children all attend a Livingston County School as the result of consolidation. There is no formal government In Salem however there is a Mayor and City Council. Police matters are handled by the Livingston County Sheriff's Department or the Kentucky State Police. There is very little retail business in Salem where once there was a new car dealership. [View Full Entry]

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Salem Kentucky is a small town in Western Kentucky about 12 miles west of Marion and 30 miles east of Paducah. Approximately 750 people live in Salem which at one time was the county seat. There are no schools in Salem as the children all attend a Livingston County School as the result of consolidation. There is no formal government In Salem however there is a Mayor and City Council. Police matters are handled by the Livingston County Sheriff's Department or the Kentucky State Police. There is very little retail business in Salem where once there was a new car dealership. [View Full Entry]

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This is my first post so hope I don't screw it up too badly. Paducah is a small town located on the Ohio River in Western Kentucky. The population is now around 25000 as many people have left for the surrounding suburbs. When I lived ibn Paducah and where I graduated from high school there were several thousand more residents. The downtown area of Paducah used to be a thriving retail area in the 1950s and 1960s however with the edition oif a large mall west of town the area began to see many store closings over the next few decades [View Full Entry]

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