A Kentucky water tower says "Y'all" because of a legal problem

The Florence Y'all Water Tower got its name from a $472 paint job that beat a full repaint in 1974.

Aug 07, 2026

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Florence Y'all Water Tower — Florence Y'all Water Tower, Florence, Kentucky / photo Larry Hachucka, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)

The Florence Y'all Water Tower stands beside Interstate 75 in Florence, Kentucky, and it says "Y'all" because of a paperwork problem. When it went up in 1974 it read FLORENCE MALL. The developers had given the city the land…

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