Editing Maysville, Kentucky (section)

==Geography==
Maysville is located on the Ohio River at the mouth of Limestone Creek. It occupies the narrow river plain and the steep hills rising from it, giving the city the prospect of an [[Hilltowns in Italy|Italian hill town]].<ref name="simon">Simon (1996).</ref> The city now extends inland to the former town of [[Washington, Kentucky|Washington]], which was annexed by Maysville in 1990.<ref name="reis">Reis (2000).</ref> The city has a total area of {{convert|21.35|sqmi|km2}}, of which {{convert|18.97|sqmi|km2}} are land and {{convert|2.38|sqmi|km2}}, or 11.13%, are water.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2022"/> Maysville is at Ohio [[River mile]] marker 408.7, and is {{convert|100|mi|km}} downriver from [[Huntington, West Virginia]], and {{convert|62|mi|km}} upriver from [[Cincinnati, Ohio]].<ref>Berty, Béla K., [http://groups.msn.com/PioneerAdventures/theflatboatproject.msnw The Flatboat Project 2003-2005] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208190218/http://groups.msn.com/PioneerAdventures/theflatboatproject.msnw |date=2008-02-08 }}, February 10, 2003. PioneerAdventures@groups.msn.com. Retrieved January 1, 2008. Source for Maysville and Huntington mile markers.</ref><ref>Wang, Xinhao, et al. [http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc99/proceed/papers/pap814/p814.htm Development of a Flood Warning Information System] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208174437/http://gis.esri.com/library/userconf/proc99/proceed/papers/pap814/p814.htm |date=2008-02-08 }}. Retrieved January 1, 2008, Source for Cincinnati mile marker.</ref>