Editing Maysville, Kentucky (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Luther Atwood]], chemist in the oil industry
* [[Ted Berry]], first African-American mayor of [[Cincinnati]]
* [[Thornton Blackburn]], former slave whose case in the Canadian Courts established the principle that Canada would not return slaves to their masters and thus was the safe terminus of the Underground Railroad
* [[Nick Clooney]], journalist and TV host (brother of Rosemary Clooney, father of [[George Clooney]])
* [[Rosemary Clooney]], popular singer and actress
* [[John J. Collins (bishop)|John J. Collins]], Roman Catholic bishop
* [[John S. Darrough]], Civil War soldier and [[Medal of Honor]] recipient
* [[Alexander Doniphan]], general and attorney known for saving the life of [[Joseph Smith]], founder of the [[Latter Day Saint movement]]
* [[Edward Gallenstein]], long-serving president of the [[National Wood Carvers Association]]
* [[Alison Lundergan Grimes]], Secretary of State of Kentucky
* [[J. Fred Helf]], composer
* [[Heather French Henry]], Miss America 2000
* [[Francis T. Hord]], [[Indiana Attorney General]]
* [[Oscar B. Hord]], [[Indiana Attorney General]]
* [[Albert Sidney Johnston]], Confederate general and leading general in the Texas War of Independence
* [[Chris Lofton]], professional and collegiate basketball player
* [[Jerry Lundergan]], member of the [[Kentucky House of Representatives]], chairman of the [[Kentucky Democratic Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/09/22/jerry-lundergan-daughter-mitch-mcconnell/2850733/|title=Ky. Senate candidate's dad brings connections, baggage|first=Joseph |last=Gerth|agency=[[The Courier-Journal]]|work=[[USA Today]]|date=September 22, 2013|access-date=November 13, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Ed McClanahan]], writer
* [[George McCulloch]], [[United States House of Representatives|congressman]] from Pennsylvania
* [[Darius Miller]], professional basketball player, NCAA Div. 1 National Champion
* [[William "Bull" Nelson]], U.S. Army general
* [[Josephine R. Nichols]], lecturer, temperance reformer
* [[Barbara Paul]], novelist
* [[Elijah Phister]], congressman from Kentucky<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000318|title=PHISTER, Elijah Conner, (1822 - 1887)|dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Stanley Forman Reed]], U.S. Supreme Court justice
* [[Nelson Stacy]], race car driver - ARCA Champion and multi NASCAR race winner
* [[Mary Lee Tate]], painter and teacher<ref>{{Cite book |title=Exhibition of the Work of Negro Artists presented by the Harmon Foundation at the Art Center, February 16–28, 1931 |date=1931 |publisher=[[Harmon Foundation]] at the Art Center |pages=46}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=July 18, 1939 |others=Genealogical Society of Utah |title=Mary Lee Tate, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953 |url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X89D-JFX |website=[[FamilySearch.org]]}}</ref>
* [[Dave Tomlin]], professional baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=tomlida01|title = Dave Tomlin Stats| publisher=Baseball Almanac  |access-date= December 21, 2012}}</ref>
* [[William H. Wadsworth]], congressman from Kentucky<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000015|title=WADSWORTH, William Henry, (1821 - 1893)|dictionary= Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date= December 21, 2012 }}</ref>
* [[Walter Warder]], Illinois state legislator and lawyer<ref>''Illinois Blue Book of 1899'', "Biographical Sketch of Walter Warder", pg. 9</ref>
* [[Augustus E. Willson]], governor of Kentucky 
* Brigadier General [[Charles Young (United States Army)|Charles Young]], U.S. Army officer, first African-American officer to become a colonel<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvxGGicZIAsC&q=%22Charles+Young%22+goethals&pg=PA127|title=Black Cadet in a White Bastion|isbn=0803293151|last1=Shellum|first1=Brian|date=January 2006}}</ref>