Editing Ravenna, Kentucky (section)

==History==
The US Federal Census dated 7 Aug,1820 reflects a town located in Estill Co., KY as "Ravenna", but before it was incorporated, Ravenna was known only as "The Village".{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

The [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] was responsible for the name of Ravenna, the building of the shops, yard, office building, passenger and freight station, and many other things that were built for the establishment of a railroad terminal in Estill County just east of the county seat, [[Irvine, Kentucky|Irvine]]. After the completion of the terminal in 1915, the county decided it would call it "Ravenna", which stems from the word "ravine". It was reported by early railroad officials that an Italian foreman and interpreter, with a construction crew of approximately 60 Italian men building the railroad yards, requested that the railroad officials name the station in honor of his birthplace, [[Ravenna]], [[Italy]], and it was so granted by the railroad officials in charge of such matters.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

A thriving village sprang up in 1915, when the railroad started construction of its shops; and five years later in 1920, Ravenna was incorporated as a 6th-class City by the [[Kentucky Circuit Courts|Estill County Circuit Court]].

In 1924 Ravenna was declared a 5th-class city by an act of the Kentucky State Legislature due to an increase in population. This also entitled them to have a mayor, six councilmen and city clerk, and fire and police departments. By this time in its history, Ravenna had become an almost entirely white city. In 1920, hundreds of "black railroad workers were forced to leave their jobs and their community<ref>(14)." {George C. Wright, A History of Blacks in Kentucky, Volume 2.}</ref>

Ravenna is home of the local [[Veterans of Foreign Wars|VFW]] Post #8019; a [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] armory that is home to C Company, 1–149th Infantry (M), 149th BDE;{{clarify|date=September 2013}} and the Estill County Veterans Memorial in Ravenna's Veterans Memorial Park.

===Ravenna Tile===
[[File:Sanvitale03.jpg|thumb|right|Original from which the Ravenna Tile was copied]]

In order to express sympathy following the tornado disaster of June 9, 1961, the Italian city of Ravenna donated a design on a glazed tile to Ravenna, Kentucky. A copy of a [[Late Antiquity|Late Antique]] mosaic from the [[Basilica of San Vitale]], the tile depicts Roman Emperor [[Justinian I]] with [[Maximianus of Ravenna|Maximianus]], Bishop of Ravenna. The tile is displayed at the city hall.