Editing Middlesboro, Kentucky (section)

==Name==
Originally founded by English businessmen, the town opened its first post office on September 14, 1888, under the name '''Middlesborough''', presumably in honor of the [[Middlesbrough|English town of – at the time – the same name]].<ref name=ren/> The city was formally incorporated under that spelling on March 14 two years later,<ref name=sos/><ref name=ren/> but the post office switched to "Middlesboro" in 1894<ref>University of Kentucky. ''Kentucky Atlas'': "[http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ky-middlesborough.html Middlesborough]". Accessed 11 March 2010.</ref> and that spelling has since been adopted by the city itself,<ref name=midbo>City of Middlesboro. "[http://www.middlesborokentucky.net/ Middlesboro Kentucky]".<!--sic--> Accessed 26 August 2013.</ref> the city's school district,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mboro.kyschools.us |title=Middlesboro Independent Schools: Home |access-date=April 25, 2019}}</ref> the Kentucky Land Office,<ref name=sos/> and the [[U.S. Board on Geographic Names]].<ref name=ren/>