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Paducah, Kentucky (U.S.)

McCracken County

image by Blas Delgado Ortiz, 3 January 2001

Description of the flag
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Description of the flag

Paducah's flag is vertical red-white-red (1:2:1) with an Indian head in a circle of stars on the white stripe.
Dov Gutterman, 2 November 2002

The Indian head most likely represents Chickasaw Chief Paduke who sold the land for the site of Paducah to Andrew Jackson in 1818. The land was reportedly Chief Paduke's favorite hunting ground. The land was originally granted to General George Rogers Clark and later the city of Paducah was laid out by General William Clark in 1827.
Phil Nelson, 25 December 2004

After asking the city clerk, I received the ordinance adopting the city flag. On April 14, 1961, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Campbell of Paducah presented to the city a flag which was informally approved by its commissioners that day. However, it was not until September 25, 1961, that the flag of Paducah, designed by Mrs. John P. Campbell, was adopted as official by the commissioners. Its official description in the ordinance is as follows:

The colors are red, white and blue of the same hues as those in the flag of the United States of America; is composed of three broad vertical panels, a broad white center panel flanked on either side by a slightly narrower red panel. Outlined in blue against the white center panel is a close-up likeness of the head and shoulders of Chief Paduke, the Indian Chief for whom the city was named in 1827 by its founder, General William Clark; a circle of fifteen stars surround the Chief's profile, indicating Kentucky's status as the fifteenth state to enter the Union; underneath the circle of stars appears the date 1827; and the stars and date are also in blue against the white background of the center panel.

Daniel Rentería, 7 February 2024

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image located by Paul Bassinson, 13 August 2019

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Paul Bassinson, 13 August 2019