Ellis Park Racecourse

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Ellis Park is a thoroughbred racetrack in Henderson, Kentucky, just south of Evansville, Indiana. An unusual fact about the track is that it actually lies north of the Ohio River, which forms the border between Kentucky and Indiana. However, the state border is based on the course of the river as it existed when Kentucky became a state in 1792. Due to the New Madrid earthquake of 1812, the Ohio changed course to the south, leaving the land that would later house Ellis Park separated from the remainder of Kentucky by the river. The racetrack actually uses Indiana's 812 area code despite officially being located in Kentucky.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellis_Park_Racecourse
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Coordinates:   37°55'2"N   87°32'35"W
This article was last modified 18 years ago