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County: Henderson

First Kentucky Consumer Rural Cooperative Electricity

Marker Number: 

1392

Location: 

6 mi. S. of Henderson, US 41 Alt.

Here in October 1937 Frank T. Street became first member-consumer to receive rural electric cooperative power in Ky. Energy was provided by Henderson RECC, first rural electric system in state to be energized. Cooperative electricity has provided a more stable and diversified economy and a higher standard of living in rural areas.

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