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Airdrie, also known as Airdrie Hill, was a town in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky established around 1855 by Robert Alexander on a hilly property along the Green River.
Alexander, a Scottish descendant born in Kentucky, purchased 17,000 acres to develop iron mining in the area and named it after Airdrie, North Lanarkshire where his parents lived. He brought over several Scottish miners and their families to mine and build a furnace stack. By 1856, the incorporated town had 200 residents but the project failed by 1857 due to the Scots not being familiar with American ore and ironwork practices. In 1866 Don Carlos Buell, a Civil War general, bought part of the land to prospect for oil but was unsuccessful leading to the town to eventually be abandoned. The furnace stack and other iron-works remnants still remain on the land.[1][2][3]
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- ^ "Only ancient furnace stack marks the site of short-lived Airdrie". The Paducah Sun. 1976-05-19. p. 40. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ "Book keeps Airdrie alive". Messenger-Inquirer. 2001-03-01. pp. 1C, 3C. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ Creason, Joe (1962-06-03). "The Ghost Of Airdrie". The Courier-Journal. p. 116. Retrieved 2023-10-25.