The settlement was incorporated as a fifth class city on April 19, 1890.

Fredonia is classified by State law as a second class city.

Under Kentucky state law, it is a fifth class city.

There are 116 second class cities and 382 villages in the state.

The city was then classified as a first class city.

Gilbertsville was a 6th class city from 1956 to 1976.

This was the end of the 1960's in a working class city near Philadelphia.

There is one first class city, Philadelphia, which has more than 1 million residents.

There is also only one second class city, with a population between 250,000 and 1 million (Pittsburgh).

Then four years later, in 1964, Soldotna was recognized as a first class city.