Created in 1824 and named in honor of Capt. Virgil McCracken, it was the 78th formed in the state. It is bounded on the north by the Ohio River, N.E. by the Tennessee River, south east by Marshall County, south by Graves County and west by Ballard County. First county seat was established in 1827 at Wilmington (about 8 miles west of Paducah and 3 miles south of the Ohio River). The county seat was moved to Paducah in 1832 because of flooding; the records were moved in skiff. The county was named for Captain Virgil McCracken, a native of…

The official flag of the United States of America was adopted June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.   Believed to be celebrated first in 1861, in Hartford Connecticut, it was Woodrow Wilson, in 1916, who issued the proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day.  National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress in August of 1949; however, Flag Day is not an official federal holiday.  The week in which Flag Day falls is designated National Flag Week.  Presidential proclamation is usually made to urge citizens to fly their national flags not only on…