Editing Cynthiana, Kentucky (section)

==History==
The settlement developed on both sides of the South Fork of the [[Licking River (Kentucky)|Licking River]]. It was named after Cynthia and Anna Harrison,<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA98 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=98}}</ref> daughters of Robert Harrison, who had donated land to establish the town center.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA77| title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | access-date=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=77}}</ref> Harrison County, on the other hand, was named after Colonel Benjamin Harrison, an early settler in the area who had served as sheriff of [[Bourbon County, Kentucky|Bourbon County]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Lewis|title=History of Kentucky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA321|year=1877|page=321}}</ref>

Two [[American Civil War|Civil War]] battles were fought in Cynthiana. The first on July 17, 1862, was part of a cavalry raid into Kentucky (which stayed in the Union) by Confederate General [[John Hunt Morgan]]; [[Battle of Cynthiana|the second]], on June 11 and 12, 1864, resulted in Union defeat of Confederate forces during Morgan's last raid into the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trailsrus.com/civilwar/region4/cynthian.html|title=Civil War in Kentucky|website=www.trailsrus.com|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Penn |first1=William A. |title=Kentucky Rebel Town: Civil War Battles of Cynthiana and Harrison County |date=2016 |publisher=Univ. Press of Kentucky |location=Lexington |isbn=9780813167718 |pages=105, 175, 193, 205}}</ref>

On January 23, 1877, an [[LL chondrite]] [[meteorite]] fell in Cynthiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.meteoritehistory.info/FLIGHT/VIEWCD/CD200.HTM|title=A Chapter in the history of Meteorites by Walter Flight|website=www.meteoritehistory.info|access-date=12 April 2018}}</ref>

On March 2, 1997, the South Fork of the Licking River flooded, causing extensive damage in Cynthiana and neighboring communities.

In early March 2020, near the beginning of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] in the United States, Cynthiana was reported to have the first case of the disease diagnosed in Kentucky. Four more cases soon followed, and by March 12, most businesses, schools and churches closed in an effort to prevent further spread.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/a-small-town-takes-a-big-hit-after-coronavirus-is-confirmed-in-its-midst/2020/03/12/52b674bc-63da-11ea-845d-e35b0234b136_story.html|title=A small town takes a big hit after coronavirus is confirmed in its midst|date=March 12, 2020}}</ref>