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Morehead, Kentucky
Morehead, Kentucky

Morehead, the seat of Rowan county, is located on Triplett Creek near the center of the county. Settlers arrived by the early part of the nineteenth century and the community became known as Triplett. The city of Morehead was founded in 1856, when Rowan county was formed, and named for James T. Morehead, a governor of Kentucky.

Morehead was incorporated in 1869.

The Triplett post office opened in 1817 and was renamed Morehead in 1856.

The population in 2020 was 6,987.

Morehead is the home of Morehead State University.

Rowan County Arts Center
The circa 1899 Rowan County Courthouse in Morehead is now the Rowan County Arts Center.

Morehead has been designated a Kentucky Trail Town.

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