Editing Maysville, Kentucky (section)

===County seat===
By the 1830s, Maysville had a population of 3,000 and was the second-most important commercial city in Kentucky after [[Louisville, Kentucky|Louisville]].<ref name="atlas">Atwater, Caleb. ''[http://www.kyatlas.com/ky-maysville.html The Writings of Caleb Atwater]''. 1833. Accessed 25 July 2013.</ref> Washington, the county seat, had dwindled in importance after a fire in 1825 and a series of deadly [[cholera]] epidemics.<ref name="best" /><ref name="reis" /> A proposal to move the county government from Washington to Maysville was bitterly fought but passed by a slender margin in 1848. Maysville donated its city hall, completed in 1846, to the county for a court house.<ref name="calvert" /><ref name="simon" /> Today, much of Washington is designated as a [[historic district (United States)|historic district]], the [[Washington Historic District (Washington, Kentucky)|Washington Historic District]]; it is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{NRISref|2008a}}</ref>

In 1850, the [[Maysville and Lexington Railroad|Maysville & Lexington Railroad]] began operation, but it failed within the decade. Successor companies maintained the connection until 1921 when they were bought out by the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad|L&N]]. Today, the Maysville & Lexington's former routes and rights-of-way are owned by [[CSX Transportation]].