Briensburg, Kentucky

Briensburg (also spelled historically Briensburgh) contained a post office from 1856 until 1905.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=KY&county=Marshall | title=Marshall County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=22 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150123063832/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=KY&county=Marshall | archivedate=23 January 2015 }} Briensburg was incorporated in 1861.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Lewis|title=History of Kentucky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA543|year=1877|page=543|publisher=Library Reprints, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-7222-4920-8 }}

Briensburg was hit by the deadly Western Kentucky EF4 tornado on December 10, 2021. The tornado was at EF2 intensity at this location, but still caused considerable damage in the community.{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Memphis, Tennessee|title=Tennessee Event Report: EF0 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=997426|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF4 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=994038|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF3 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=994194|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF4 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=994196|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF4 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=994199|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF3 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=994954|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF4 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=995882|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF4 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=995999|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF4 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=996014|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF3 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=996991|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF1 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=996995|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF1 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=996997|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF1 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=996998|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}{{cite web|agency=National Weather Service in Louisville, Kentucky|title=Kentucky Event Report: EF0 Tornado|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=996999|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|year=2021|access-date=March 19, 2022}}

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Category:Unincorporated communities in Marshall County, Kentucky

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