How many of you are from Kentucky ??? (Cincinnati, Dayton: high school, living in)

[Hyden]

I was just wondering how many on here are from KY or the parents left ky and came to Cincinncti. I know my parents were from KY...Dad was from Leslie County (Hyden, Ky ) and Mom from Pike County ( Freeburn,Ky ).

I just thought it would be interesting to know. Hyden

[Hartwell Girl]

My mom is from Dayton (that is also where I was born) and my dad is from Kentucky ;-)

[rrtechno]

I've been watching this sub-forum because, since we are "retired" we have been looking to move into the area. We have looked at some places in Hamilton, where our sons live, and at Seven Mile, Trenton, Monroe, Ross,etc. Our DIL #2 is from Lebanon and her parents have now moved to Kentucky. Is that close enough?

[Daytonnatian]

^Close enough to what? (Conington is a 35-minute drive from Monroe at best)

Anyways, to the OT, I'm from "Middletucky" (Middletown) myself, if that counts

[Hyden]

It all counts.. What I should have explained more was that when I was a little girl growing up in Stratford Manor there were alot of kids that had moved there from Ky and other places. I know my Dad & Mom with my 2 brothers moved there from Ky because of the only jobs from their parts anyway were coal mining, Dad tried it and didn't like it. My sister and I were born in Cincinnati . I have been living in the part of Ky my Mother was from for the last 33yrs and married a man from the same part of Ky my Dad was from. Dad retired from GM of Norwood, But first worked about 15 yrs for Mcgreager gripping golf clubs, he said he tried to figure it up and estimates over a million clubs and some of them were for famous people. Hyden

[JefferyT]

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Did he work for McGregor in Dayton? They had a big plant here back in the old days.

[Hyden]

JefferyT, Dad worked at the plant that was in Spring Grove until it closed I think around 63-64, my brother said there were some workers that worked there but were from Dayton. There was 3 famous men that started a plant in Florida and asked him if he wanted to come there and grip but he decited against it , I think they closed after about 3 yrs. so Dad made the best choice. I'll have to ask my brother tonight who they were. Thanks, Hyden

[Crew Chief]

Listening to Mike McConnell recently (think it was this past week...); I heard him say that people from KY generally say what county they're from. And he seemed to think this was peculiar to KY. What do you all think? (FWIW, I lived in several places in Anne Arundel Co. MD and will say "I grew up in A.A. Co.")

[NCbyChoice]

Originally Posted by Crew Chief

Listening to Mike McConnell recently (think it was this past week...); I heard him say that people from KY generally say what county they're from. And he seemed to think this was peculiar to KY. What do you all think? (FWIW, I lived in several places in Anne Arundel Co. MD and will say "I grew up in A.A. Co.")

This is very common in the South in general, not just kentucky. County governments still seem to play a bigger role in the south. Also, I think in general, there are less large developed cities in the south that are recognizable by name, as many of the states are much more rural.

[Hyden]

NCbyChoice, Thats all probably true, it starts out telling what county then if the other person is familar with it will then ask what part. My Dad also grew up some in Harlan County in the town called Benham, that was before he went into the service during WWII. Before he passed away in 97 he would still go to High School reunions in Lexington every 2 years. My sister and I went with him a couple times to meet his friends from the old school days, then we went to the first one after he passed just in his memory. Hyden