SESQUICENTENNIAL
MAGOFFIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY
1860-2010
Magoffin
County is celebrating our 150th birthday!
Here are some important dates from our past:
1859:
December 5: The Kentucky General Assembly Met with Samuel Salyer of Licking
Station (present day Salyersville, KY), legislator, representing Johnson and
Floyd Counties.
1859:
December 16: An Act to form Magoffin County was introduced in the Kentucky
General Assembly and referred to committee.
1860: February 22: Kentucky Governor
Beriah Magoffin announced he had approved and signed an act to establish a new
Kentucky county - Magoffin County.
We will be celebrating the history of our county and the
genealogy of all who have lived here since our county was formed in 1860 from
parts of Morgan, Johnson and Floyd counties. The book we began in the year 2000
is still under construction with over 1,000 pages now typed. There are several
surnames of this area that we have not yet included in this book so if you did
not participate by sending material on the early generations of your family name
in 2000, we invite you to do so now. Email:
magoffin@foothills.net .
Welcome!
Please use the
links at the top and bottom of each page
to travel around our site - there are links provided along the way for you to
send us
your comments, information, or questions. It's always a joy to hear from you!
We feel sure you
will enjoy your visit here and ask that you return often to read
news
of what's going on at our historical society, browse the
publications section to
order publications that may help you in your family research. Don't forget to visit our
family photo albums
pages - your ancestors may be hiding there!
Don't miss our new album "Unknown Families". You may be able to help
identify some of these unknown ancestor photos!
A
popular area of our site is our "Talk to Todd"
section. Todd Preston is President of the Magoffin County Historical Society. He
writes a regular column for the local Salyersville Independent newspaper and his columns
are published in this section every week. You're sure to find his columns
enjoyable and full of ancestral information. You are invited to send your
inquiries regarding your Magoffin County ancestors (your "brick walls"), or
simply contribute what you know about your eastern Kentucky ancestors. Your
knowledge may
help someone else tear down a "brick wall" of their own!
While you're
browsing, please be sure to check out the
membership
page to
learn how you
can become a member of the Historical Society and receive
The Journal, published quarterly
and chocked full of eastern Kentucky genealogy and history. You may want to
request a sample copy from a previous year for just $5.00 so that you can see how future
Journals will be of benefit to your research.
Again --
Welcome! Come back and visit often, as we are always adding new information!
The Magoffin
County Historical Society Officers, Staff, and Volunteers
Salyersville, Kentucky
- Contact Information
The
historical society holds meetings each month on the third Sunday at 2 p.m.
at the location of their historical library at 191 South Church Street in
Salyersville. Everyone is welcome to attend. The group may also be
contacted by mail at Box 222, Salyersville, KY 41465
or email
Magoffin@foothills.net.
We check our mailbox often, waiting to hear from you with any family
information or queries. Write us at the address below or call us at the number
listed there. We are honored when researchers from around the country stop in to
visit or ask for help with their genealogy research, so stop by when you're in
the neighborhood!
- Telephone:
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606-349-1607
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- Postal address:
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191 S. Church St., P.O. Box 222, Salyersville, KY 41465
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- Open Monday through Friday, except holidays:
- 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Saturday hours by appointment only, please call on weekdays to arrange
weekend visits.
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- Electronic mail:
- General Information, Sales, Customer
Support:
magoffin@foothills.net
Webmaster:
Sharon Nelson Nutt
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