2018 Relocation Guide
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Maysville and Mason County RELOCATION GUIDE Y0UR COMPLETE NEWCOMER & VISITOR SOURCE Welcome to Maysville... 100-bed facility that offers 24 different specialties including: • Allergy • Orthopedic Surgery • Anesthesiology • Otonlarynology/ Head & • Interventional Cardiology Neck Surgery • 3D Digital Mammography • Pathology • Emergency Medicine • Pediatrics • Endocrinology • Podiatry • Family Practice • Pulmonary Disease • Gastroenterology • Radiology • Hospitalist • 64 Slice CT Scanner • Internal Medicine • Sleep Medicine With its relaxed setting and close proximity to two large cities, the • Nephrology • Speech Pathologist Maysville-Mason County area is the perfect place to live and work. It combines the • OB/GYN • Surgery friendly hospitality of the south with the work and ethic and breathing room of the Midwest. It’s a perfect harmonization of town and country. With strong schools, • Opthalmology • Urology varied recreation and arts in the community, state of the art medical care, and a local government with a vision for the future, the Maysville-Mason County area is a great place to call home. 1-606-759-5311 Maysville is the heart of Mason County and the Buffalo Trace region. The Buffalo Trace area encompasses a five county region in Kentucky with Mason County right www.meadowviewregional.com in the center. The entire region is about 1384 square miles, making the whole area easily accessible. ➢ WELCOME TO MAYSVILLE the state. Manufacturers located early in Maysville, LIVING starting page 6 exporting everything from hemp and tobacco to Housing, schools, and fancy ironwork. To this day, manufacturing remains an healthcare in Maysville important part of the modern economy. Buffalo used to cross the Ohio River at this place, BUSINESS starting page 24 Maysville’s employers, beating a broad path into the interior of Kentucky in search of salt. Settlers traveling down the Ohio found a transportation, local natural harbor at Limestone Creek, and the buffalo trace government, economic profile a natural path into the Bluegrass Region extending all the way to Lexington. The first settlement in the area was made by Simon Kenton in 1775. THINGS TO GO starting page 33 Recreation, activities, and dining In 1788, when Mason County was organized, Maysville was still a sparse collection of warehouses and wharves, with few dwellings. In 1795 the conclusion of the Northwest Indian War reduced the likelihood of Indian attacks from across the Ohio and allowed Maysville to flourish. By 1907, Maysville was one of two principal (continued from page 1) Ports in Kentucky. Maysville is located on the Ohio River at the mouth of Limestone Creek. It occupies the narrow river Maysville was an important stop on the Underground plain and the steep hills rising from it, giving the city Railroad with the free state of Ohio just across the the dual presence of downtown and ‘on the hill’. The river. Harriet Beecher Stowe visited the area in 1831 city extends inland to the historic former town of The Maysville-Mason and witnessed a slave auction here. Stowe included Washington. The city itself has a total area of about 20 County Relocation Guide the scene in her novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, published square miles. is published by: in 1852. Today, several museums in the Buffalo Trace region are dedicated to the memory of the abolition of Maysville is served by two bridges connecting Maysville-Mason Co. Area slavery. Kentucky and Ohio. The scenic Simon Kenton Chamber of Commerce Prior to Kentucky's statehood, Maysville was part of Memorial Bridge is a suspension bridge built in 1931. 201 East Third Street Old Bourbon County, Virginia, where pioneer distillers The William H. Harsha Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge, Maysville, KY 41056 discovered that the Indian corn and limestone water was completed in 2001. 606-564-5534 • 606-564-5535 fax of the region made a product of mellow character and MaysvilleKentucky.com distinguished flavor. Located 60 miles southeast of Cincinnati, OH and [email protected] 70 miles northeast of Lexington, KY, Maysville is accessible by both four- and two-lane US and state The information in this relocation guide was Today, the bourbon-making tradition is carried forward gathered and carefully compiled in such by fifth and sixth generation Pogues using the original highways. With a population over 17,000 in Mason a way as to ensure maximum accuracy. County, everything you need is right here and However, the Chamber of Commerce cannot Pogue recipes under a time-honored and fixed anything else you might want is just a short, easy guarantee the correctness of all information formula very near a site often said to be the location of drive away. or the complete absence of errors and Kentucky's first bourbon distillery. omissions; hence no responsibility for the same can be, nor is, assured. Please contact Maysville has a rich history, spanning more than 240 Maysville was pivotal in the settlement of the the Chamber for suggested revisions. Kentucky Bluegrass region. Founded in part by Graphic Design: SES Graphic Design. years. With a pioneer village and numerous museums frontiersmen Simon Kenton and Daniel Boone, Photography Credits: AJP Drones, City and historic buildings, Maysville continues to remember originally called Limestone Landing, Maysville was of Maysville, Bedouin Dennison, Lorraine the past as well as embrace the future. Top, Old Pogue Distillery. Middle, log cabin in an important port for the northeastern section of ➢ Marcella Mullikin, Terry Prather, and Lee Washington, KY. Bottom, National Underground Redmond. Railroad Museum. 2 Maysville-Mason County Relocation Guide MaysvilleKentucky.com 3 AT A GLANCE Maysville, Kentucky Population General Area Information The Maysville and Mason County area is more Maysville was chosen as Site Selection Square miles: than a great place to visit, it’s a great place to Magazine’s “Great River Cup” for the most Mason County • 17,425 241 live and work! It has all the things that make projects per capita along 1,000 miles of Ohio Time Zone: Eastern a community home: friendly people, great River. As part of the Port of Northern Kentucky/ Area Code: 606 schools, recreation and arts, a strong medical Cincinnati, Maysville is included in the ranking Location by Proximity presence and a government with vision to help as the #1 busiest inland port in the nation. the area prosper and grow. Cincinnati, OH • 61 miles Columbus, OH • 124 miles Climate: “Only In Your State” chose Maysville as the Named one of the 18 Indianapolis, IN • 173 miles Average Annual Temperature: 54.3 F Absolutely Most Charming Town in Kentucky in Average Annual Rainfall: March 2018. They state that one of Maysville’s Most Charming Small Lexington, KY • 65 miles 42.6” charms is its mix of old and new; it simply Towns in America by Country Louisville, KY • 134 miles Average Snowfall: 22.2” sparkles with history, architecture, character, National Average 30.8” rain and charm. Living Magazine, 2015. 4 Maysville-Mason County Relocation Guide MaysvilleKentucky.com 5 LIVING with local realty companies or online at www.usamls.net/buffalotrace. Real estate agencies are listed in the directory on page 48. Maysville has a thriving arts scene. The local theatre troupe, the Maysville Players, frequently put on wonderful performances, both musicals and dramas, in the historic Washington Opera House. The Ohio River Valley Art Guild frequently presents art shows by local artists, and several retail galleries produce a variety of fine art. We love a festival! Festivals occur all year round here. One of the bigger seasonal festivals is Maysville’s Oktoberfest, which people travel from all cities and states to attend. People line up for schnitzel at the various vendors and food trucks set up all around the biergarten, while others sway to polka music on the dance floor. The best part of living in a small town is the sense Left, Mechanic's Row townhouses in downtown Maysville, of community felt from having close relationships right, Bellside Farm in Mason County. with friends and neighbors. Because people are continually moving into and out of Maysville, When you combine low taxes, low utility people make friends fast here. We are just far Not just a Home, a costs, and low crime rates with proximity to enough south to enjoy friendliness and hospitality Community area amenities, great schools, and a variety of with everyone, even if we’ve just met. Numerous Given its location and size, Maysville entertainment choices, you get an outstanding community and civic organizations help improve accommodates both town and country community with hometown charm. the community while building relationships and lifestyles. As one of the larger towns in the area, networking. Maysville offers plenty of suburban housing Maysville offers low property taxes compared and farmland, as well as riverfront properties. to metropolitan areas, a feature that’s hard to Maysville is fortunate to have benefited from The downtown area features beautiful beat. Real estate tax per $100 in the city of the hard work and generosity of these civic architecture as old buildings with classic Maysville is just $1.182 – or about $1773 for a organizations. We have a large Boys & Girls Club looks are being renovated into new, upscale house valued at $150,000. Some nearby metro which offers after school care, a summer camp, apartments, right along the river. areas compare at nearly double that. and year round sports leagues for young kids. We have one of the largest YMCAs for a town Maysville offers comfortable, affordable houses In addition to permanent residences, a wide our size, as well as a great museum with both in all ranges of price, style and location from selection of rental properties are available. An traveling exhibits and permanent installations. existing historic homes to new construction. often overlooked, but fantastic option is the For those interested in volunteering or serving A variety of neighborhoods, both in Maysville historic downtown area.