Historic Jail
Listed in Historical landmark
206 N College St, Franklin, KY 42134, Franklin, Kentucky 42134
Explore Franklin’s former county jail and a distinctive piece of Simpson County’s local history near historic downtown.
Battle of Richmond Battlefield Park
1546 Battlefield Memorial Hwy, Richmond, KY 40475, Richmond, Kentucky 40475
Walk a Civil War battlefield with trails, historic buildings, and a visitor center in Richmond, Kentucky.
Cherokee Trail Of Tears Commemorative Park
100 Trail of Tears Dr, Hopkinsville, KY 42240, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240
A reflective Hopkinsville site commemorating a Cherokee encampment during the 1838–39 Trail of Tears removal.
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
Listed in Gift shop, Historical place museum, History museum, Native American Heritage Sites, State park
94 Green St, Wickliffe, KY 42087, Wickliffe, Kentucky 42087
Explore a Mississippian-era Native American village, earthen mounds, and archaeology exhibits in western Kentucky.
Camp Breckinridge Museum & Art
1116 Village Square Rd, Morganfield, KY 42437, Morganfield, Kentucky 42437
A Morganfield museum exploring Camp Breckinridge’s World War II military and prisoner-of-war history, with an accompanying art center.
Duff’s Fort Cliff Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Pioneer History
Sturgis, Kentucky 42459
A historic site near Sturgis associated with Duff’s Fort and western Kentucky’s early frontier history.
Kentucky State Historical Marker – #895 – County Named, 1821
Listed in Historical landmark, War of 1812
105 S Washington St, Clinton, Kentucky 42031
Kentucky Historical Marker #895 in Clinton tells how Hickman County was created and named in 1821 for Lt. Col. Paschal Hickman.
Fort Jefferson Historic Site
451 Court St, Wickliffe, Kentucky 42087
Near Wickliffe, this Mississippi River overlook marks Fort Jefferson, the Revolutionary-era outpost established by George Rogers Clark in 1780.
Casey’s Landing Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Pioneer History
KY-1508, Sturgis, Sturgis, Kentucky 42459
A scenic county-owned river recreation area at the site of Caseyville, once a busy 19th-century trading and port settlement.
Historic Jail
Listed in Historical landmark
206 N College St, Franklin, KY 42134, Franklin, Kentucky 42134
Explore Franklin’s former county jail and a distinctive piece of Simpson County’s local history near historic downtown.
Battle of Richmond Battlefield Park
1546 Battlefield Memorial Hwy, Richmond, KY 40475, Richmond, Kentucky 40475
Walk a Civil War battlefield with trails, historic buildings, and a visitor center in Richmond, Kentucky.
Cherokee Trail Of Tears Commemorative Park
100 Trail of Tears Dr, Hopkinsville, KY 42240, Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240
A reflective Hopkinsville site commemorating a Cherokee encampment during the 1838–39 Trail of Tears removal.
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
Listed in Gift shop, Historical place museum, History museum, Native American Heritage Sites, State park
94 Green St, Wickliffe, KY 42087, Wickliffe, Kentucky 42087
Explore a Mississippian-era Native American village, earthen mounds, and archaeology exhibits in western Kentucky.
Camp Breckinridge Museum & Art
1116 Village Square Rd, Morganfield, KY 42437, Morganfield, Kentucky 42437
A Morganfield museum exploring Camp Breckinridge’s World War II military and prisoner-of-war history, with an accompanying art center.
Duff’s Fort Cliff Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Pioneer History
Sturgis, Kentucky 42459
A historic site near Sturgis associated with Duff’s Fort and western Kentucky’s early frontier history.
Kentucky State Historical Marker – #895 – County Named, 1821
Listed in Historical landmark, War of 1812
105 S Washington St, Clinton, Kentucky 42031
Kentucky Historical Marker #895 in Clinton tells how Hickman County was created and named in 1821 for Lt. Col. Paschal Hickman.
Fort Jefferson Historic Site
451 Court St, Wickliffe, Kentucky 42087
Near Wickliffe, this Mississippi River overlook marks Fort Jefferson, the Revolutionary-era outpost established by George Rogers Clark in 1780.
Casey’s Landing Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Pioneer History
KY-1508, Sturgis, Sturgis, Kentucky 42459
A scenic county-owned river recreation area at the site of Caseyville, once a busy 19th-century trading and port settlement.
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