Editing Elkhorn City, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Elkhorn City was first settled by William Ramey of [[North Carolina]] {{circa|lk=no|1810}}. However, in 1767–1768, [[Daniel Boone]] took his first steps in what is now Kentucky near present-day Elkhorn City on a hunting expedition.<ref>Historical Marker Society of America. "[http://www.historicmarkers.com/home/2999-pike/81765-daniel-boones-first-steps-in-kentucky Daniel Boone's First Steps in Kentucky (2203)]". Accessed 7 December 2010.</ref>

It was originally named "Elkhorn", after an [[elk]]'s horn that was found on the banks of the nearby creek (also named Elkhorn.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=cannon+ky&pg=PA91 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | access-date=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=91| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref>) Because there was already a town named "[[Elk Horn, Kentucky|Elk Horn]]" in [[Taylor County, Kentucky|Taylor County]], the town had to be renamed in order to avoid confusion. On October 16, 1882, the [[post office]] was renamed "Praise" for "Camp Praise-the-Lord", a tent colony that was established by [[Evangelism|evangelist]] George O. Barnes for a [[revival meeting|revival]] there in August 1881. In 1907, the [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railway]] established a station in Praise that was named "Elkhorn City". Although Elkhorn City was incorporated as a city on November 4, 1912, the local post office was not renamed Elkhorn City until September 1, 1952, after local pressure for a uniform name.<ref name=kye>{{cite book |author=Rennick, Robert M. |title=''Kentucky Place Names'' |year=1988 |publisher=The University Press of Kentucky |location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] |isbn=0-8131-0179-4 |chapter=Place Names}} Retrieved on 2010-04-09</ref>

The neighboring settlement of [[Cedarville, Kentucky|Cedarville]] merged with Elkhorn City in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census.gov/geo/www/bndrychanges/boundary_changes.html | title = Geographic Boundary Change Notes | publisher = Population Division, [[United States Census Bureau]] | date = January 1, 2012 | access-date = September 20, 2012}}</ref>