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Holy Cross, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°40′26″N 85°26′49″W / 37.67389°N 85.44694°W / 37.67389; -85.44694
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Holy Cross, Kentucky
Holy Cross Church in Holy Cross
Holy Cross Church in Holy Cross
Holy Cross is located in Kentucky
Holy Cross
Holy Cross
Holy Cross is located in the United States
Holy Cross
Holy Cross
Coordinates: 37°40′26″N 85°26′49″W / 37.67389°N 85.44694°W / 37.67389; -85.44694
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMarion
Elevation
682 ft (208 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EST)
GNIS feature ID494449[1]

Holy Cross is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office, which operated from 1886 to 1914, is closed.[2] The area around Holy Cross was first explored and settled in 1779.[3] In 1785, a "Catholic League" of sixty families from the Maryland counties of Prince George, Charles, and St. Mary's banded together under the leadership of Basil Hayden Sr., pledging to migrate to Kentucky and settle in the same area for mutual support, access to a Catholic priest, and the establishment of a church.[4] Later that same year, Hayden and twenty-five families had settled near the headwaters of Pottinger's Creek where the town now is, founding a church also named Holy Cross.[3][5]

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Holy Cross, Kentucky
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Holy Cross KY post office
  3. ^ a b Kleber, John E.; Kentucky Bicentennial Commission, eds. (1992). The Kentucky encyclopedia. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky. p. 609. ISBN 978-0-8131-1772-0.
  4. ^ "Holy Cross Marion County". Archdiocese of Louisville. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  5. ^ Kleber, John E. (1992). The Kentucky encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-1772-0. OCLC 636324612.