Editing Eminence, Kentucky (section)

==History==
The area post office, established in 1836, was moved to Eminence in 1850, and named for its supposed location at the highest point on the railroad line between [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]] and [[Lexington, Kentucky|Lexington]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&q=cannon+ky&pg=PA93 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | access-date=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=93| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n118 119]}}</ref> The city was formally incorporated in 1851.<ref>{{cite book |last=Collins |first=Lewis |title=History of Kentucky |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA338 |year=1877 |page=338|publisher=Library Reprints, Incorporated |isbn=9780722249208 }}</ref><ref>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Eminence, Kentucky". Accessed 25 July 2013.</ref>

The [[Eminence Historic Commercial District]] was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2013a}}</ref><ref name=nrhpdoc-Eminence>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79000994}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eminence Historic Commercial District |publisher=[[National Park Service]]|author=Daniel Kidd |date=July 1978 |access-date=May 2, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=79000994|photos=y|title=accompanying 14 photos from 1977}}</ref>