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==History== Grand Rivers may have originally been known as '''Narrows''' from its position between the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers. The local post office was established in 1879 as '''Otisville'''; changed its name in 1882 to '''Bernard'''; and was then changed again to '''Nickells''' the next year after the name of a new [[Illinois Central Railroad|Illinois Central]] station.<ref name=ren/> The settlement was formally incorporated by the [[Kentucky Assembly|state assembly]] in 1890 as Grand Rivers.<ref>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Grand Rivers, Kentucky". Accessed 28 July 2013.</ref> This newly expanded community was part of local businessman [[Thomas W. Lawson (businessman)|Thomas W. Lawson]]'s attempt to develop local iron deposits into a major steel industry. (The enterprise failed within a few years.) The name refers the [[Cumberland River|Cumberland]] and [[Tennessee River|Tennessee]] rivers which previously met near the site,<ref name=ren>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA121 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | accessdate=28 April 2013 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=121}}</ref> prior to the TVA's creation of [[Kentucky Lake]] and [[Lake Barkley]]. The Tennessee's confluence with the [[Ohio River|Ohio]] is located within 40 miles of the town as well.
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