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Founded by Hugh Forbes and Enoch Smith, Mt. Sterling was originally called "Little Mountain Town" before being named after the city of Stirling, Scotland. The city was the site of several Civil War skirmishes, including one in 1863 in which Confederate forces burned the courthouse. Its city center was primarily constructed from 1880 to 1900, and many of those buildings still stand. The county courthouse, completed in 1959, is the sixth courthouse to stand on that site.
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Mount Sterling, Kentucky · United States
