Rural Electricity
This file appears in: First Kentucky Consumer Rural Cooperative Electricity
While many cities and larger towns had central electricity soon after the perfection of the incandescent light bulb, it was not until 1937 that farms and rural areas were able to enjoy the same luxury. Courtesy of the University of Kentucky.
This file appears in: First Kentucky Consumer Rural Cooperative Electricity
First Kentucky Consumer Rural Cooperative Electricity
Historical Marker #1392 in Henderson County marks the location where the first Kentucky customer received rural electricity from an electric cooperative.
In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the law creating the Rural Electrification…