Normal, Kentucky

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Coordinates: 38°26′37″N 82°36′45″W / 38.44361°N 82.61250°W / 38.44361; -82.61250
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Normal
UTC-4 (EST)
GNIS feature ID499521[1]

Normal is a residential

Presbyterian Church
, founded in 1890, is one of the last surviving remnants of the original community of Normal. The originally wooden church was razed in 1957 when the current brick structure was completed across 44th Street.

Normal was named after the Eastern Kentucky Normal School, a teachers school that was opened here in 1867, by Mrs Mordecai Williams, wife of the original landowner of the community. Mordecai Williams was an Iron master who owned 600 acres of land of the present day area of Normal, from Cliffside Branch to Haney Branch at the Catlettsburg city limits. His stately residence is still standing at Normal, a brick mansion of Colonial style, located on U.S. Routes 23 and 60 at the Catlettsburg-Ashland City Limits. Williams wife operated the Normal School from the home from 1878 to 1889. It is one of the oldest homes in the entire area and has long served as landmark to the community.

Most residential zones in this section of the city have been transferred to commercial and industrial zones.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations in July 2011. The only concentrations of residential dwellings remaining in Normal are along Blackburn Avenue (also known as 45th Street), Daniels Street, and from Chestnut Avenue south to the Catlettsburg
city limits, which is also known as Williams Addition.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Normal, Kentucky


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