Mineral Mound State Park
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Mineral Mound State Park is a park located on the shores of Lake Barkley
in Lyon County
, Kentucky
, United States
. The 541 acres (2.2 km²) park contains a 18 hole golf course and a clubhouse.
Mineral Mound is named after the mansion of Willis B. Machen, which formerly stood on the property.
Lake Barkley
Lake Barkley, a reservoir in Livingston, Lyon, and Trigg counties in Kentucky and extending into Stewart and Houston counties in Tennessee, was impounded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1966 upon the completion of Barkley Dam. Both the lake and the dam are named for Vice President Alben...
in Lyon County
Lyon County, Kentucky
Lyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 8,080. Its county seat is Eddyville. Created from Caldwell County, Kentucky in 1854, the county was named for former Congressman Chittenden Lyon....
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, United States
United States
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. The 541 acres (2.2 km²) park contains a 18 hole golf course and a clubhouse.
Mineral Mound is named after the mansion of Willis B. Machen, which formerly stood on the property.