Gilbertsville, Kentucky Gilbertsville is census-designated place and unincorporated improve in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States.
Its altitude is 351 feet (107 m), and it is positioned at 37 1 28 N 88 17 59 W (37.0245003, -88.2997557). It is known as the closest village to Kentucky Dam.
The town was relocated to its present site when Kentucky Dam and Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park replaced the former site.
The initial town of Gilbertsville was established in 1871 near the Tennessee River as "Clear Pond," titled for a close-by lake.
Gilbert, who served as a Kentucky state senator from 1871 to 1875. The town interval to include a bank, a several stores, a jail, and a school teaching grades 1-12.
The assembly of Kentucky Dam (1938 1944) meant the end for old Gilbertsville.
The town was moved to its present site, initially called "West Gilbertsville," with the geographic coordinates given above, by the time Kentucky Lake was impounded in the early 1940s. A notable event in the town's history was the dedication ceremony for Kentucky Dam on October 10, 1945, at which President Harry Truman gave the dedicatory speech. Gilbertsville was a 6th class town/city from 1956 to 1976. The town incorporated at its new site about 1953.
Before dissolving its charter, the town of 241 had a budget of $2,000 to $3,000 per year, which paid for a town marshal, street lights, and street repairs. It has been the site, for a several decades, of the 25-acre (100,000 m2) Kentucky Sheriff's Boys and Girls Ranch, which has provided a no-charge week-long summer camp for kids ages 8 11, with total attendance of 30,000 through 2008. Tourism related to the dams and lakes created close-by by TVA has driven the economy of the town since the 1940s.
Arts and Crafts Festival Every Memorial Day Weekend the festival is positioned at the Old Beach Area and features handcrafted items by artists from Kentucky and neighboring states.
Earth Day Celebration Located at the Kentucky Dam Village Resort the festival features activities to jubilate Earth Day.
Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilbertsville, Kentucky "Kentucky Place Names," by Robert M.
The University Press of Kentucky, 1988, ISBN 978-0-8131-0179-8, Page 115.
Climate Summary for Gilbertsville, Kentucky Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer, showing present locale of Gilbertsville.
Municipalities and communities of Marshall County, Kentucky, United States
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Unincorporated communities in Kentucky - Census-designated places in Marshall County, Kentucky - Census-designated places in Kentucky
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