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==History== [[File:York House, Main Street, Pikeville.jpg|thumb|left|The historic York House, built 1864]] On March 25, 1822, state officials decided to build a new county seat named "[[Garden Village, Kentucky|Liberty]]", {{convert|1.5|mi|sp=us}} below the mouth of the [[Russell Fork]]. Public disapproval of the site{{why|date=September 2013}} led a new decision on December 24, 1823, to establish the county seat on land donated by local farmer Elijah Adkins.<ref name=ren/> This settlement was established as the town of Pike in 1824.<ref name=sos/> This was changed in 1829 to Piketon<ref name=ren/> and the town was incorporated under that name in 1848.<ref name=sos/> In 1850, this was changed to Pikeville. Pikeville was host to part of the Hatfield-McCoy feud, and patriarch [[Randolph McCoy|Randall McCoy]] as well as his wife and daughter are buried on a hillside overlooking the town.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA233 p. 233]. [[University Press of Kentucky]] (Lexington), 1987. Retrieved September 27, 2013.</ref><ref>"[http://www.visitpikeville.com/index.php?n=10&id=10 Visit Pikeville]". Retrieved July 16, 2009.</ref><ref>City of Pikeville. "[http://www.cityofpikeville.com/visitors.cfm Visitors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627151720/http://www.cityofpikeville.com/visitors.cfm |date=2009-06-27 }}". Retrieved July 16, 2009.</ref> The [[National Civic League]] designated Pikeville as an [[All-America City Award|All-American City]] in 1965.<ref>[http://www.allamericacityaward.com/things-to-know-about-all-america-city-award/past-winners-of-the-all-america-city-award/ Past Winners of All-American City Award] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405085410/http://www.allamericacityaward.com/things-to-know-about-all-america-city-award/past-winners-of-the-all-america-city-award/ |date=April 5, 2012 }} National Civic League. Retrieved May 19, 2014.</ref> From 1973 to 1987, the [[Pikeville Cut-Through]] was constructed immediately west of downtown. The massive [[rock cut]] is one of the largest civil engineering projects in the [[western hemisphere]], moving nearly {{convert|18000000|cuyd|m3}} of soil and rock.<ref name=cutthrough>Maddox, Connie. The Pikeville Cut-Through Project (brochure). Pikeville-Pike County Tourism. Retrieved May 19, 2014</ref> The project alleviated traffic congestion in downtown and eliminated flooding by rerouting the [[Levisa Fork|Levisa Fork River]]. From 1982 to 1984, Pikeville was home to the [[Pikeville Cubs]] and Pikeville Brewers. Pikeville played as a member of the Rookie level [[Appalachian League]]. Pikeville was an affiliate of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] (1982) and [[Chicago Cubs]] (1983β84). [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] member [[Greg Maddux]] played for the 1984 Pikeville Cubs in his first professional season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/d13d4022|title=Greg Maddux | Society for American Baseball Research|website=sabr.org}}</ref> The city has been a center of rapid development in [[Eastern Kentucky]] since the 1990s. Pikeville College (now the [[University of Pikeville]]) opened the [[University of Pikeville Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine|Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine]] in 1997.<ref name=history>[http://www.pc.edu/pcsom/about/history.aspx History of Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531093429/http://www.pc.edu/pcsom/about/history.aspx |date=May 31, 2010 }} Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine. Retrieved May 20, 2014.</ref> The university also opened the Kentucky College of Optometry, Central Appalachia's first optometry school, in 2016.<ref>[http://www.upike.edu/News/Campus/Kentucky-College-of-Optometry-welcomes-inaugural-c Kentucky College of Optometry welcomes inaugural class], University of Pikeville. Retrieved 2018-07-28,</ref> In 2005, the 7,000 seat, multi-purpose [[Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center|Appalachian Wireless Arena]] opened in downtown.<ref name=expo>[http://eastkyexpo.com/about.htm About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140615132925/http://eastkyexpo.com/about.htm |date=June 15, 2014 }} Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center. Retrieved May 20, 2014.</ref> [[Pikeville Medical Center]] has established itself as a regional healthcare center. In 2014, a new 11-story clinic and a 10-story parking structure was completed at a cost of $150 million. The hospital has also become a member of the [[Mayo Clinic]] Care Network.<ref name="mayo">{{cite news|url=http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pikeville-medical-center-in-kentucky-joins-mayo-clinic-care-network-2e9b7b|title=Pikeville Medical Center in Kentucky Joins Mayo Clinic Care Network|date=May 23, 2013|work=[[Mayo Clinic]]|access-date=May 20, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524022804/http://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/pikeville-medical-center-in-kentucky-joins-mayo-clinic-care-network-2e9b7b|archive-date=May 24, 2014}}</ref> In 2013, construction began on a shopping center known as Pikeville Commons. The first stores opened in the shopping center in 2014.<ref name="commons">{{cite news|url=http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Groundbreaking-held-for-Pikeville-Commons-store-names-revealed--224913652.html|title=First store in Pikeville Commons officially opens|last=Thorton|first=Hillary|date=October 13, 2014|publisher=[[WYMT-TV]]|access-date=May 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230557/http://www.wkyt.com/wymt/home/headlines/Groundbreaking-held-for-Pikeville-Commons-store-names-revealed--224913652.html|archive-date=May 23, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Late 2017 saw several announcements regarding tenants for the recently opened Kentucky Enterprise Industrial Park. Construction has begun on a 60,000 square foot manufacturing facility to be owned and operated by SilverLiner, whose primary business is expected to be the manufacture and assembly of tanks for tanker trucks.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wymt.com/content/news/City-of-Pikeville-holds-ribbon-cutting-for-SilverLiner-453709023.html|title=City of Pikeville holds ribbon cutting for SilverLiner|last=McCauley|first=Cory|access-date=October 13, 2018}}</ref> In 2018, the Kentucky League of Cities named Pikeville's city government the KLC City Government of the Year. This was the award's inaugural year; it was intended to recognize "a city that has done something transformational, and our first ever recipient certainly demonstrates a city making a huge impact on its region."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.news-expressky.com/news/article_f0769106-c03d-11e8-8f6e-bb402d500c05.html|title=City of Pikeville named first-ever KLC City Government of the Year|work=Appalachian News-Express|access-date=October 13, 2018}}</ref>
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