Benton, Kentucky

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Benton

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Benton.

6 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

• Trail of Tears Commemorative Park · 1.3 mi · Historical Marker

  Commemorative park near Hopkinsville marking the route where thousands of Cherokee passed through western Kentucky during forced removal in 1838-39.

• Kentucky Dam · 11.7 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Get ready to be dwarfed! Kentucky Dam isn't just a wall of concrete; it's a monument to ambition and a testament to the power of the New Deal. Back in the late 1930s and early 1940s, the Tennessee Valley Authority began…

• Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site · 17.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Imagine a bustling city here nearly a thousand years ago! The Kincaid Mounds site was once a major center for the Mississippian culture. Between 1050 and 1400, people built at least eleven platform mounds here. These…

• Wooldridge Monuments · 17.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Get ready to witness a truly unique memorial! Right here in Mayfield, Kentucky, stands a collection of monuments unlike anything you've probably ever seen. It all started with Colonel Henry G. Wooldridge. After losing…

• United States Post Office (Mayfield, Kentucky) · 17.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb

  Even in devastation, some stories stand tall. This historic post office, built in 1910, was partially destroyed by a recent tornado, offering a glimpse into the resilience of the Mayfield community. The U.S. Post Office…

• Slave George and the Quake That Betrayed the Lewis Brothers · 19.7 mi · Web

  On the night of December fifteenth, eighteen eleven, in a kitchen at Rocky Hill plantation in Livingston County, two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews, Lilburne and Isham Lewis, killed an enslaved seventeen year old named…