Golden Pond, Kentucky

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Golden Pond, Kentucky is a former rural community in Trigg County that became known for its displacement during the creation of the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area.

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Label Occurrences
Golden Pond, Kentucky canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former unincorporated community ⓘ
associatedWith Kentucky Lake ⓘ
Lake Barkley ⓘ
Land Between the Lakes history ⓘ
Tennessee Valley Authority projects ⓘ
category former populated place in Trigg County, Kentucky ⓘ
ghost town in Kentucky ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
county Trigg County ⓘ
culturalMemory subject of local histories and documentaries ⓘ
displacedBy Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area ⓘ
Tennessee Valley Authority land acquisition ⓘ
displacementPeriod 1960s ⓘ
environment heavily forested peninsula between two reservoirs ⓘ
federalProject Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area ⓘ
formerSettlementType rural community ⓘ
governingBodyAtTimeOfDisplacement Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
hasHeritage rural Appalachian–Southern culture ⓘ
hasLegacy symbol of rural displacement for federal projects ⓘ
historicalEra late 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
impactOfDisplacement loss of homes and farms ⓘ
impactOfDisplacement relocation of entire community ⓘ
jurisdictionBeforeDisplacement Commonwealth of Kentucky ⓘ
linked to: Kentucky
knownFor controversial land condemnations ⓘ
displacement for federal recreation project ⓘ
history of moonshining ⓘ
landAcquiredBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
laterManagedBy United States Forest Service ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Forest Service
locatedIn Between Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley ⓘ
Kentucky ⓘ
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area ⓘ
Trigg County, Kentucky ⓘ
locatedOn former site of Golden Pond (lake) ⓘ
namedAfter Golden Pond (lake) ⓘ
partOf Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky ⓘ
populationTrend residents relocated in 1960s ⓘ
postDisplacementUse administrative center of Land Between the Lakes ⓘ
visitor center area of Land Between the Lakes ⓘ
previousEconomicActivity moonshine production ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
tobacco farming ⓘ
region Western Kentucky ⓘ
status displaced community ⓘ
no longer inhabited ⓘ
transportation served by local county roads ⓘ

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Trigg County, Kentucky → contains → Golden Pond, Kentucky ⓘ