Editing London, Kentucky (section)

==History==
The area around London had been Cherokee territory and in 1776 [[Daniel Boone]] passed through the area that would become London.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

Upon the establishment of [[Laurel County, Kentucky|Laurel County]] in 1825, a vote was held to provide for the new area's seat of government. The land offered by John Jackson and his son Jarvis Jackson was selected, along with their suggested name of [[London]], honoring their English heritage.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA178 p. 178]. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed August 1, 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=London, Kentucky|url=http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/kentucky/london|work=City Town Info|access-date=April 5, 2013}}</ref> 

The town was founded the next year, its [[post office]] established in 1831,<ref name=ren/> and its city rights granted in 1836.<ref name=sos>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "London, Kentucky". Accessed August 1, 2013.</ref>

One of John Jackson's sons was [[Hancock Lee Jackson]], 13th governor of Missouri. His second cousin was [[Claiborne Fox Jackson]], 15th governor of Missouri.

The [[Battle of Camp Wildcat]] was fought early in the [[American civil war]] to the north of the town in 1861.

In 1865 the [[non denominational]], First Christian Church of London was founded.<ref>[https://fcclondonky.com/about-us/ website of the First Christian Church of London Kentucky].</ref>

The St. Joseph's Hospital was founded in 1926.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}

During the late 1930s and early 1940s, London served as a central collection agency for books donated to the [[Pack Horse Library Project]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13530438/|title=Pittsburgh Woman Heads Pack Horse Library Service to Mountain Homes|last=Ayers|first=Ruth|date=October 26, 1936|work=The Pittsburgh Press|access-date=September 3, 2017|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> It also had a pack horse library which delivered books to rural residents in the mountains.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13529720/|title=Mountain Trails Used By WPA Employees to Distribute Books|date=March 18, 1937|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|access-date=September 3, 2017|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

=== 2025 tornado ===
On the night of [[Tornado outbreak sequence of May 15–16, 2025|May 16, 2025]], a destructive and deadly tornado tore through London, killing at least 17, and 1 in the neighboring city of [[Somerset, Kentucky|Somerset]]. Authorities also stated that some people are still unaccounted for.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Fisher |first=Jenna |last2=Cochrane |first2=Emily |last3=Graff |first3=Amy |last4=Boyer |first4=Corinne |date=2025-05-17 |title=At Least 27 Dead After Tornadoes and Storms Tear Across Central U.S. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/weather/storms-tornadoes-missouri-kentucky.html |access-date=2025-05-18 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>