Editing Bonnieville, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Founded in 1849, the town was originally known as '''Bacon Creek''',<ref>[http://www.hartcountyky.org/ Hart County Chamber of Commerce website].</ref>{{better source needed|date=November 2024|reason=Source does not directly contain location information.}} for the stream that runs through the city. It is rumored that the name was changed to Bonnieville because of the popularity of the song "[[My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean]]".<ref>Robert Rennick, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=azPttlmsv24C&dq=rennick+bonnieville+kentucky&pg=PT82 Kentucky Place Names]'' (University Press of Kentucky, 2013).</ref>

On December 26, 1862, the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[John Hunt Morgan]] sent a detachment from [[Upton, Kentucky|Upton]] to the bridge over Bacon Creek in Bonnieville. A brief firefight with a detachment of the [[2nd Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment]] resulted with [[Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862|the destruction of the bridge for a third time and the wounding of 23]]. The railroad remained closed for six weeks until the tracks could be repaired and reopened on February 1.<ref>Asher, Tom. "John Hunt Morgan's Christmas Raid".</ref>

Bonnieville was incorporated as its own city in 1955, when it was full of tourists who were using [[U.S. Route 31W]] to reach Louisville and Nashville. Businesses included restaurants, gas stations, a barbershop, a [[roller rink]], and Bonn Theater. Most of the city's businesses closed after [[Interstate 65]] was finished in the 1970s, which enabled travelers to reach Louisville and Nashville without going through Bonnieville.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/11/27/bonnieville-kentucky-government-dissolve-vote/ Frustrated with their small city’s government, residents voted to end it]</ref>

On November 5, 2024, in an effort spearheaded by Melody Shanaberger, residents voted 67–60 to dissolve Bonnieville into Hart County, effective December 8.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jett |first1=Molly |title=Bonnieville to lose status after Kentucky residents vote to dissolve city on Election Day |url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/bonnieville-to-lose-status-after-kentucky-residents-vote-to-dissolve-city-on-election-day/article_39cfa6b4-9c86-11ef-b08a-1bf66e5c0f6d.html |publisher=[[WDRB]] |archive-date=19 November 2024 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241119/https://www.wdrb.com/news/bonnieville-to-lose-status-after-kentucky-residents-vote-to-dissolve-city-on-election-day/article_39cfa6b4-9c86-11ef-b08a-1bf66e5c0f6d.html/ |location=Bonnieville, Ky |access-date=8 November 2024}}</ref><ref>[https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/louisville/news/2024/11/13/bonnieville Kentucky town’s 7-vote decision ends an era]</ref> Shanaberger, who moved to the town from a nearby goat farm in 2021, said her tax dollars (she paid about $30 a year in taxes) weren't leading to concrete improvements in the town.<ref>{{cite news |last=Melnick |first=Kyle |date=27 November 2024 |title=Frustrated with their small city's government, residents voted to end it |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/11/27/bonnieville-kentucky-government-dissolve-vote/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241127145232/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/11/27/bonnieville-kentucky-government-dissolve-vote/ |archive-date=27 November 2024 |access-date=27 November 2024 |work=The Washington Post}}</ref>