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Battlefields in McLean County, KY

McLean County is one of 120 counties in Kentucky. Buildings like these are easy to drive past because they are still in use. The register listing is what tells you why they matter.

Battlefields on the record near you, listed with what happened there and who fought.

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On the record near McLean County, KY

The 12 nearest

43 listed sites on the record match battlefields within 300 miles of McLean County, KY, out of 66 listed sites of every kind within 25 miles. 2 listed sites carry McLean County as their county.

  1. Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument105 miles from the center of McLean County · Object · Campbellsville · listed 1997National Register of Historic Places
  2. Perryville Battlefield124 miles from the center of McLean County · Site · Perryville · listed 1966National Register of Historic Places
  3. Battle of Dutton's Hill Monument146 miles from the center of McLean County · Object · Somerset · listed 1997National Register of Historic Places
  4. Union Battery F, Battle of Corinth192 miles from the center of McLean County · Site · Corinth · listed 1987National Register of Historic Places
  5. Battle of Chickamauga215 miles from the center of McLean County · Catoosa County · marker erected 1956Georgia historical marker program
  6. The Battle of Lafayette222 miles from the center of McLean County · Walker County · marker erected 1957Georgia historical marker program
  7. Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site224 miles from the center of McLean County · Site · Baldwyn · listed 1966National Register of Historic Places
  8. Battle of Dug Gap227 miles from the center of McLean County · Whitfield County · marker erected 1954Georgia historical marker program
  9. Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County)236 miles from the center of McLean County · Whitfield County · marker erected 1997Georgia historical marker program
  10. Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County)237 miles from the center of McLean County · Whitfield County · marker erected 1986Georgia historical marker program
  11. Battle of Resaca (Whitfield County)237 miles from the center of McLean County · Whitfield County · marker erected 1953Georgia historical marker program
  12. Battle of Resaca: May 14-15, 1864237 miles from the center of McLean County · Gordon County · marker erected 1986Georgia historical marker program

Distances are straight-line from the center of McLean County, KY. Many sites are private property or working buildings - view them from the public way. See them on the map.

Battlefields in McLean County, step by step

  1. 1

    See every listed site of this kind in the area

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    Sort by distance and pick the closest few

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    Read the record for the year, the builder and the use

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    View from the public way and note what has changed

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    Collect the set and move on to the next county

What people in McLean County, KY ask first

How much does it cost to visit these sites in McLean County, KY?

Most listed sites can be seen from a public road or sidewalk at no cost, and the app is free to use. Some sites are private homes, working churches or museums with their own hours and fees. The record for each one says what it is, so you know before you go.

Where does the information on these sites come from?

From published records: the National Register of Historic Places, the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark program, and the Georgia Historical Society and Georgia Department of Natural Resources marker program. Every site on the page names its source.

Are these buildings open to the public?

Some are, many are not. Churches, courthouses and libraries usually keep regular hours. Houses, barns and mills are often private and best seen from the road. The record for each site tells you which kind it is.

What does it mean when a site is on the National Register?

It means the property was documented and accepted as historically significant. Listing honors the site, it does not open it to visitors or stop an owner from using it.

How a visit works in McLean County

  1. Step 1

    Find the place

    Every stop starts as a pin with real coordinates. In McLean County, KY the map shows what is listed around you and how far each one is, so the first decision is where to go, and it takes a few seconds.

  2. Step 2

    Read the story

    The record behind each marker is kept whole: what happened there, when, who was involved, and why it was worth a sign. You read it standing where it happened, which is the part a textbook cannot give you.

  3. Step 3

    Get there under your own power

    Walk it, run it, hike it, ride it or drive it. Stops in McLean County, KY are chained into routes that fit the way you move, so a lunch break, a long run or a Saturday drive can all pass through history.

  4. Step 4

    Collect it and come back

    Each stop you reach counts toward a badge, and a photo or a correction you send makes the record better for the next person. The map remembers where you have been, so the next trip starts where the last one ended.

The rules that make it work

The record comes first

Every site on these pages comes from a published register or marker program, with its source named. Nothing is listed that is not on the record.

Read the whole story

A marker is a few lines on a post. The story behind it is longer, and it includes the hard parts. Both are worth the stop.

Movement makes it stick

People remember the places they walked to. A route through five markers teaches more than fifty marker pages read on a couch.

Local beats famous

The marker two streets over usually has a better story than the one in the guidebook, and nobody else is standing in front of it.

Respect the ground

Many sites are private homes, working churches or cemeteries. View from the public way, follow posted hours, and leave it as you found it.

Every visitor can improve it

Markers go missing, get moved, or carry mistakes. A photo or a location fix from the person standing there is how the record stays right.

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