Solitary Confinement Cell, 1982
Once known as Beardsville and Claude, Morgantown was settled ca. 1815 by Francis and William Lenoir, George Nixon, Robert Baylor, and Robert McGowan. The name was suggested by Lizzie Morgan as...
Established here in what was then Perry County on February 8, 1887, with D. L. Carter as the first Postmaster. Discontinued on September 11, 1893, but reestablished on January 10, 1894, with J....
John Wheat, an early settler and Revolutionary War soldier, is buried here, along with other members of the Wheat family, including sons John and William Wheat, who served in the War of 1812,...