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Ashland is a city of 21,625 residents located on the southern bank of the Ohio River in Boyd County, Kentucky, at the state border with Ohio and West Virginia, serving as the principal city of the Huntington-Ashland metropolitan area with a combined population of 376,155 in 2020. The city traces its roots to 1786 when the Poage family established Poage's Landing, which was renamed Ashland in 1854 after Henry Clay's Lexington estate and incorporated in 1856 as its industrial base grew. Ashland's economy was built on the Ohio Valley's pig iron industry and major 20th-century employers including Armco, Ashland Oil and Refining Company, the C&O Railroad, and Allied Chemical & Dye Company. The city's central business district preserves notable landmarks such as the Paramount Arts Center and the Ashland Bank Building, reflecting its aspirations as an important economic and medical center for northeastern Kentucky. Located within the Western Allegheny Plateau and spanning 10.8 square miles, Ashland experiences a humid subtropical climate with average temperatures ranging from 19°F in January to 88°F in July and average annual precipitation of 42.8 inches. Somerset is a home rule-class city and county seat of Pulaski County, Kentucky, with a 2020 population of 11,924. Founded in 1798 by Thomas Hansford and named after Somerset County, New Jersey, the city became the county seat in 1801 and was incorporated in 1887, with significant growth following the completion of Southern Railway tracks in 1875 and Lake Cumberland in 1950. Located at the eastern end of Kentucky's Mississippian Plateau near one of the world's largest man-made lakes at 101 miles in length, Somerset is known for recreation and tourism centered around Lake Cumberland, Cumberland Falls, and the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The city features a humid subtropical climate with warm summers averaging in the 80s and mild winters in the 30s and 40s, and is home to the Center for Rural Development established in 1996. Somerset has notable Civil War history including the Battle of Mill Springs in January 1862 near Nancy, approximately 8 miles west of the city. Corbin is a home rule-class city in southeastern Kentucky spanning Whitley, Knox, and Laurel counties on Interstate 75 and US Route 25W, positioned halfway between Knoxville, Tennessee (86 miles south) and Lexington, Kentucky (89 miles north). With a 2020 census population of 7,856, the city was founded in 1905 when postmaster James Eaton renamed the former post office of Cummins after Rev. James Corbin Floyd, a local minister. Located in the Cumberland Plateau region of Appalachia with a humid subtropical climate and spanning 7.9 square miles, Corbin has a complex history including a 1919 race riot that expelled approximately 200 Black residents and a sundown town policy maintained into the late 20th century - events acknowledged by city leaders during the riot's 2019 centennial. In 2022, a 2021 change to Kentucky state law allowing cities to annex property in a third county enabled Corbin to expand into Laurel County for the first time in its history. The city sits near the Pine Mountain Overthrust Fault, a geologic fault system that has produced occasional earthquakes, including one in 2008.