Laughery Island
Laughery Island, also called Laughery's Island, is a privately owned alluvial island in the Ohio River in Boone County, Kentucky. The island is named after Archibald Lochry, the leader of an ill-fated group of Pennsylvania militiamen who were attacked near the island by Native Americans in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War, a battle known as Lochry's Defeat.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 450 feet (140 metres)
- Description: island in the Ohio River in Boone County, Kentucky, United States
Places of Interest
Discover Belleview Baptist Church and James Rogers House.
Belleview Baptist Church
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James Rogers House
James Rogers House in Belleview, Kentucky is a Queen Anne-style farmhouse built in 1903.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belleview and McVille.
McVille
Hamlet
McVille is an unincorporated community in Boone County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Laughery Island
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Latitude
38.99367° or 38° 59′ 37″ north
Longitude
-84.84051° or 84° 50′ 26″ west
Open location code
86CQX5V5+FQ
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Laughery Island” goes by many names.
Laughery IslandCebuano
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Camp Shor and French.
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