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Ashland . 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 23,622), Boyd co., E Ky., on terraces along the Ohio River near the influx of the Big Sandy; settled 1786, inc. 1854. Located in a region that produces chemicals, lumber, steel, oil, and natural gas, Ashland is a river and rail shipping point with large repair yards. Its many manufactures include marble and paper products, consumer goods, apparel, furniture, and construction materials. Tobacco and alfalfa are raised and there is dairying. The city is part of a tristate urbanized area that includes Ironton , Ohio, and Huntington , W.Va. 2 City (1990 pop. 20,079), seat of Ashland co., N Ohio, in a farm area; inc. 1844. Machinery, steel, and rubber products are manufactured. Ashland College is there.

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Ashland, Kentucky/USA Poage's Settlement Founded in 1815, but renamed in 1854 after the home of Henry Clay (1777–1852), a member of the US Senate and House of Representatives; three times he was a candidate for the presidency, but was never elected. The name comes from the large number of ash trees around his estate in Lexington, Kentucky.

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