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Radcliff, Kentucky

Population: 21,961
Located in Hardin County

The Radcliff/Fort Knox communities share a close and unique relationship. This unity dates back to the communities' establishment in 1919. After the Federal Government established Camp Knox, 35 miles south of Louisville, a young auctioneer by the name of Horace McCullum began to develop a new town just south of the camp. McCullum decided to hold an extravaganza and auction lots off in the new town. The day's features included dancing, prizes (including 100 pounds of flour, coffee and sugar, all hard to come by in those days) and, as McCullum put it, "A chance to get on the ground floor of a booming new community, and find happiness forever." The town, Radcliff, named after McCullum's long time friend Major William Radcliffe, quickly grew and prospered.

Through the years, the community has kept its close ties with Fort Knox. During the war years the city of Radcliff expanded to hold hundreds of families, as mothers, fathers, wives and children traveled to be with their men and women training and serving in the military. Today, Radcliff, still in a working partnership with Fort Knox, is the largest city in Hardin County and the fastest growing city in the state of Kentucky. The city has a population of more than 23,000 residents made up of approximately 1/3 active duty military families, 1/3 military retirees, who found the enchantments of Kentucky and the opportunities in Radcliff too much to leave behind, and 1/3 original founding families.

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