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Kentucky
Lewis

Vanceburg

Vanceburg is a home rule-class city in , , United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,428 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Lewis County. Vanceburg is part of the Micropolitan Statistical Area.
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  • Type: Town with 1,520 residents
  • Description: city in Lewis County, Kentucky, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Vanceburg, Kentucky” and “Vanceburg, KY”
  • Postal code: 41179

Places of Interest

Highlights include Union Monument in Vanceburg.

Memorial
The in , in Vanceburg, Kentucky, commemorates the Union soldiers of the American Civil War. The monument was built in 1884 by the citizens of Lewis County, which was a Union stronghold during the war and one of the few places in Kentucky that was still more sympathetic to the Union cause by the 1880s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sandy Springs and Buena Vista.

Locality
is an unincorporated community in , , United States, located at.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , in the U.S. state of . is situated 3½ miles northeast of Vanceburg.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States, that sets along the bank of Creek, a prevalent creek which flows for nearly 100 miles through the county. is situated 5 miles south of Vanceburg.

Vanceburg

Latitude
38.59924° or 38° 35′ 57″ north
Longitude
-83.3188° or 83° 19′ 8″ west
Population
1,520
Elevation
538 feet (164 metres)
Named after
Zebulon Baird Vance
United Nations Location Code
US VGS
Open location code
86CRHMXJ+MF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 153891579
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4311976
Wiki­data ID
Q2366795
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Vanceburg” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فانكيبورغ”
  • Basque: “Vanceburg”
  • Catalan: “Vanceburg”
  • Cebuano: “Vanceburg”
  • Chechen: “Венсбург”
  • Chinese: “Vanceburg”
  • Chinese: “万斯堡”
  • Czech: “Vanceburg”
  • Danish: “Vanceburg”
  • Dutch: “Vanceburg”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فانكيبورج”
  • French: “Vanceburg”
  • German: “Vanceburg”
  • Gilaki: “ونسبرگ (کنتاکي)”
  • Gilaki: “ونسبرگ”
  • Haitian: “Vanceburg, Kentucky”
  • Haitian: “Vanceburg”
  • Hungarian: “Vanceburg”
  • Ido: “Vanceburg, Kentucky”
  • Ido: “Vanceburg”
  • Irish: “Vanceburg”
  • Italian: “Vanceburg”
  • Kazakh: “Вэнсбург”
  • Kirghiz: “Вэнсбург”
  • Korean: “밴스버그”
  • Ladin: “Vanceburg”
  • Malagasy: “Vanceburg, Kentucky”
  • Malagasy: “Vanceburg”
  • Mazanderani: “ونسبورگ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vanceburg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vanceburg”
  • Norwegian: “Vanceburg”
  • Persian: “ونسبورگ، کنتاکی”
  • Persian: “ونسبورگ”
  • Polish: “Vanceburg”
  • Portuguese: “Vanceburg”
  • Russian: “Вансберг”
  • Serbian: “Вансберо”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vanceburg, Kentucky”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Vanceburg”
  • Slovak: “Vanceburg”
  • Slovenian: “Vanceburg”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ونسبورق، کنتاکی”
  • Spanish: “Vanceburg (Kentucky)”
  • Spanish: “Vanceburg”
  • Swedish: “Vanceburg”
  • Tatar: “Венсбург”
  • Ukrainian: “Венсбург”
  • Uzbek: “Vanceburg”
  • Volapük: “Vanceburg”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vanceburg, Kentucky”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vanceburg”
  • “Vanceburg”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Clarksburg and Buena Vista.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lewis County Historical Society and Lewis County Public Library.

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