Cadiz

History

In May 1820. the county commission chose to use Robert Baker's land as the site of the county seat. He relinquished his stable yard and the surrounding . From August to October, the commission platted the town in blocks and named it as Cadiz. Rennick's Kentucky Place Names repeats the local tradition that a Spaniard in the surveying party successfully suggested his hometown. The book also states that "It was definitely not named for the city in Ohio." The name, however, does not take the Spanish pronunciation. At approximately 4:55 P.M. on Wednesday, December 15, 1993, seven teenage boys, who were classmates at Trigg County High School, along with working together at a game call manufacturing company during after-school hours, were returning to their workplace following dinner break at a local restaurant via U.S. Route 68 in a 1988 Honda Civic. Their vehicle suddenly merged into the opposite lane and while correcting back to their lane was struck drivers-side by the driver of a 1988 Toyota pickup truck who attempted to avoid colliding with them. While all of the car's occupants were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, the driver of the pickup truck survived despite being moderately injured. The largest loss of life from a vehicular accident in the state of Kentucky since the Carrollton bus collision in 1988 sent shockwaves across the nation. Following an investigation made and concluded by the Trigg County Police Department, the primary cause of the accident was due to the driver's failure of judgement via overcorrecting, overcrowding the vehicle and not wearing seat belts.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  760
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  739
• Tufted Titmouse

  Baeolophus bicolor (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  727
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  590
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  564
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  555
• Carolina Chickadee

  Poecile carolinensis (Audubon, 1834) · Aves
  517
• Great Blue/Cocoi Heron

  Ardea herodias Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  508