Grand Rivers, Kentucky

Grand Rivers is a home rule-class city in Livingston County, Kentucky, in the United States.

The town was formerly located at the narrowest point between the Cumberland River and the Tennessee.

[3] The settlement was formally incorporated by the state assembly in 1890 as Grand Rivers.

[4] This newly expanded community was part of local businessman Thomas W. Lawson's attempt to develop local iron deposits into a major steel industry.

33.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Boston financier Thomas Lawson's residence in Grand Rivers, when he was promoting the town as the next great steel-making center, to rival Pittsburgh and Birmingham.
Location of Livingston County, Kentucky