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Maysville, KY

Maysville, Kentucky
City
Maysville, Kentucky, skyline showing the Mason County Courthouse, and the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge which spans the Ohio River.
Maysville, Kentucky, skyline showing the Mason County Courthouse, and the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge which spans the Ohio River.
Location of Maysville, Kentucky
Location of Maysville, Kentucky
Coordinates: 38°38′38″N 83°46′33″W / 38.64389°N 83.77583°W / 38.64389; -83.77583Coordinates: 38°38′38″N 83°46′33″W / 38.64389°N 83.77583°W / 38.64389; -83.77583
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Mason
Government
 • Mayor David Cartmell
Area
 • Total 22.3 sq mi (57.6 km2)
 • Land 19.9 sq mi (51.6 km2)
 • Water 2.3 sq mi (6.1 km2)
Elevation 541 ft (165 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 9,011
 • Density 452.8/sq mi (174.6/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 41056
Area code(s) 606 Exchanges: 563, 564, 759
FIPS code 21-51024
GNIS feature ID 0517025
Website http://www.cityofmaysville.com

Maysville is a home rule-class city in Mason County, Kentucky, United States and is the seat of Mason County. The population was 9,011 at the 2010 census, making it the 40th-largest city in Kentucky by population. Maysville is on the Ohio River, 66 miles (106 km) northeast of Lexington. It is the principal city of the Maysville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Mason and Lewis counties. Two bridges cross the Ohio from Maysville to Aberdeen, Ohio: the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge built in 1931 and the William H. Harsha Bridge built in 2001.

On the edge of the outer Bluegrass Region, Maysville is historically important in Kentucky's settlement. Frontiersmen Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone are among the city's founders. Later, Maysville became an important port on the Ohio River for the northeastern part of the state. It exported bourbon whiskey, hemp and tobacco, the latter two produced mainly by African American slaves before the Civil War. It was once a center of wrought iron manufacture, sending ironwork downriver to decorate the buildings of Cincinnati, Ohio, and New Orleans, Louisiana. Other small manufacturers also located early in Maysville and manufacturing remains an important part of the modern economy. Under the leadership of Henry Means Walker, Maysville was home to one of the largest tobacco auction warehouses in the world for most of the 20th century.


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