Claymour, Kentucky

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Claymour is an unincorporated community in Todd County, Kentucky, United States.{{r|gnis}}

History

The community of Claymour was established primarily as a farming community sometime around the 1850s.{{cite news|last=Glenn|first=Ray|title=Horse Making Comeback In Todd's Claymour Area|work=Kentucky New Era|date=May 14, 1967|page=18|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d-srAAAAIBAJ&dq=Claymour%2C+Kentucky&pg=PA10&article_id=1233,2739354|via=Google Books|access-date=November 11, 2023}}

==Geography==

Claymour is located on east-central Todd County about {{convert|5|mi}} northeast of Elkton along Kentucky Route 106 (KY 106) at its junction with KY 507 and KY 178.{{cite map|author=DeLorme|title=Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer|page=79|section=B10|date=2010|publisher=DeLorme|location=Yarmouth, Maine|isbn=0-89933-340-0}}

==Annual events==

Claymour is home to a Christian-oriented annual event, the Claymour Camp Meeting, an outdoor revival meeting which has been held since 1903.{{cite news|title=Claymour Camp Meeting celebrates 100th anniversary|work=Kentucky New Era|location=Hopkinsville, Kentucky|date=July 12, 2003|page=D1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pvUrAAAAIBAJ&dq=Claymour%2C+Kentucky&pg=PA27&article_id=1531,1114757|via=Google Books|access-date=November 11, 2023}}{{cite news|last=Sturges|first=Lynn|title=Claymour Diamond Jubilee|work=Kentucky New Era|location=Hopkinsville, Kentucky|date=July 28, 1979|page=14|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mPswAAAAIBAJ&dq=Claymour%2C+Kentucky&pg=PA8&article_id=3084,2697884|via=Google Books|access-date=November 11, 2023}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Todd County, Kentucky

Category:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky