Editing Corinth, Kentucky (section)

==History==
The Corinth community began in the late 1820s with the founding of Corinth Christian Church, but the post office was not established until 1868.<ref name="history"/> The town most likely got its name from the church.<ref name="name">{{cite web |url=http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ky-corinth.html |title=Corinth, Kentucky |access-date=2010-04-06 |work=Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer |author=Kentucky, University of|date=2004-02-24}}</ref> In 1871, the church relocated to a new site, and in 1873-74 and new church was built, replacing the log church. Until 1876, much of Corinth was in [[Owen County, Kentucky|Owen County]]. In 1876, it was transferred to Grant County.<ref name="history"/> In 1878, Corinth was incorporated by the [[Kentucky State Legislature]], which, in the same year, chartered the Corinth Academy. In 1890, the first of four fires occurred. The salvage of the train depot and three residences is credited to a passing train's boiler water.<ref name="history"/> The fires of 1904 and 1914 were on a similar scale. The Corinth basketball team won the 1930 state and national championships.<ref name="basketballchamps">{{cite web |url=http://corinth.ky.gov/basketball.htm |title=Kentucky: The City of Corinth - State Basketball Championship |access-date=2010-04-06 |publisher=Kentucky, Commonwealth of |author=Corinth, City of |date=2009-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100409055511/http://corinth.ky.gov/basketball.htm |archive-date=2010-04-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1933, another fire destroyed much of the central business district, but help from other fire departments contained the fire.<ref name="history"/> Much of the destruction was caused by lack of water. Steps to minimize this were taken in 1986 with the creation of the Corinth Water District. In 1995, the city obtained a grant/loan package to establish a water treatment plant in Corinth.<ref name="history"/>