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Not to be confused with Jonancy, Kentucky.

Nancy is an unincorporated community eight miles west of the city of Somerset in Pulaski County, Kentucky.

On January 19, 1862, during the American Civil War, Union forces achieved their first significant victory, defeating the Confederates at the Battle of Mill Springs near Nancy. The Mill Springs National Cemetery today is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Nancy has a lending library, a branch of the Pulaski County Public Library.

Landmarks

  • Mill Springs National Cemetery
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