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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
The Ohio River, bank to bank, belongs to Kentucky.

Is that true?

I've been over that bridge a bunch of times. I always assumed that I transitioned between States in the middle of the river. Do you have any links to a history that talks about this?

ML/NJ

6 posted on 09/22/2011 4:29:13 PM PDT by ml/nj
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To: ml/nj

I don’t know how to link you anywhere, but the history is that the Ohio belonged to Virginia, Kentucky inherited her boundary portion when she split from Va in 1792.
In the 1960’s the Supreme Court decided that the Ky state boundary was limited to the rivers northern edge as it existed in 1792, not todays higher bank due to the 20 th century damning which raised the water line. So a minor portion of the river at their south bank does belong to Ohio, Indiana, etc.


7 posted on 09/22/2011 4:41:49 PM PDT by nkycincinnatikid
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To: ml/nj

Well,,, according to what I heard on Ohio talk radio today, the river, bank to bank, is Kentucky.


8 posted on 09/22/2011 6:01:05 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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