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TIP#77 - KENTUCKY TOWNS PART #3: Asphalt through Balltown

Asphalt: Edmonson Co. PO oprated 1920-1859, one mile N of the Green River,
4 miles W of Brownsville; named for the rock asphalt quarried in the area.

Asylum PO: Jefferson Co. See Lakeland.

Atchison: Taylor Co. Extinct PO, located on KY 372, 2 1/2 miles SE of
Camapbellsville. Also known as Smith Ridge. PO estab 21 June 1899, Jesse
C. Atchley, PM. Ridge & po named for local families. PO closed 1918.

Athens: Fayette Co. Junction of KY 418 and 1973, 6 1/2 miles SE of
Lexington area. First known as Cross Plains, settled about 1783 and named
originally for the crossing of two buffalo traces. Harvey Bledsoe laid out
town in 1826 and became first postmaster. Known in the past as a lawless
area and citizens might have changed the name at that time. PO closed
1909.

Athens Station: Fayette Co. See Chilesburg.

Atherton: Larue Co. Extinct PO on US 31E, 1 mile from Rolling Fork and 8
miles NE of Hodgenville. Named for Peter Lee Atherton who brought his
family hre in 1790; his son John McDougall Atherton built a distillery
here 1867. Local po was known as Medcalf for another local family when po
established 10 Apr 1884, renamed to current name following month.

Athol: Lee Co. Kunction of KY 52 and 315, 7 1/2 miles E of Beattyville.

Bowman, the first PO in the vicinity was established in Breathitt Co 20
June 1809, Stephen J Crawford, Post Master, renamed Athol 892 by a local
Scottsman for his home district. In 1927, po moved to current location.

Atterson: Casey County. In an isolated area 7 1/2 miles west of Liberty;
named for and likely by Atterson Belton when po established here 2 Jan
1883. It closed 1944.

Auburn: Logan Co. On US 68, 8 miles E of Russellville. The Hayden and
Blackey families came here in the early 19th century, called the place
first Federal Grove. Might also have been known as Black Lick Settlement
for a local creek which appears very dark. The Black Lick name used when
po was established 3 Mar 1860 by John H. Wood. When the L&N Railroad came
thru (Memphis Branch) in the 1860's, the place was called Woodbine for
John and possibly Harrison Wood. Wood and John H Viers, local plowright,
are said to have been in competition for the location of the rr station.
Woods lost, and Viers became the next postmaster in June 1861. In 1862,
Harrison Woodward succeeded Viers and moved post office to the present
site and renamed it to its current name. Might have been named by A J
Carney, a surveyor, who might have named it for his birthpalce in NY - or
from Oliver Goldsmith's "The Deserted Village".

Augusta: Bracken Co. 6 miles NNE of Brooksville, part of a large
Revolutionary War grant to Capt Philip Buckner who laid off the original
600 acres for a town. Property owners who bought from Buckner petititioned
VA to name it Aususta. County seat was located here 1802-1839 and then
moved to Brooksville. PO established originally as Aususta or Bracken
Court House 1 Jan 1801, William Brooks, postmaster.

Ault:Elliott Co. At the head of Sinking Creek, 8 miles NW of Sandy Hook.
PO established 23 Dec 1814 by John M Catron and named for John Ault, a
grocer from Grayson Co.

Austerlitz:Bourbon Co. Junction of KY 57 and the L&N RR, 7 1/2 miles S of
Paris. Named supposedly by early settler who had visited the site of
Napoleon's victory in 1805. PO established 23 Apr 1884 with James M.
Whaley, postmaster.

Austin: Barren Co. Junction KY 87 and the Jeff Hicks Road, 11 miles SSW of
Glasgow. PO establihsed 23 May 1887 by Hezekiah J Kelley who supposedly
named it for the town in Texas and also for a Rev Austin, a Baptist
minister.

Auxier: Floyd Co. Across the Levisa Fork of the Big Sandy River from US
23, 1/4 miles above the mouth of Johns Creek and 3 miles N of Prestonburg.
Founded in 1900 to house the workers of the N E Coal Co, named for a
shortlived post office just above the Johnson Co line in 1897. PO was
re-established at its present name on 18 Feb 1902. Named for a family -
possibly John B Auxier.

Awe: Lewis Co. 6 1/2 miles up Straight Fork of Kinniconick Creek, 11 miles
S of Vanceburg. PO established 20 May 1898, named for a by its first
postmaster, Anthony Wayne Everman. PO closed in 1935.

Axtel: Breckinridge Co. 1 1/2 miles KY 79 from a point 8 1/2 miles S of
Hardinsburg. Might have once been called St. Anthony's. PO was possibly
named for Billy Cannon, tanyard operator because of his spelling in an
application for a po "We haveorte to ax you to tel us a name fo our post
office." PO begun 3 Oct 1891, Samuel Bennett, postmaster; closed 1977.

Bachelor's Rest: Pendleton Co. 5 miles ESE of Falmouth, supposedly named
for the bachelors who sunned themselves in front of the local stores on
benches. Originally spelled Batchelor's Rest when po opened 16 May 1870,
Robert A Stanley, postmaster. Renamed to Mains in 1887 when Sarah Mains
became post mistress; closed 1903.

Backusburg: Calloway Co. Was a trading village on KY 464, 9 miles NW of
Murray. PO established as Clarks River 27 Apr 1846, named for local
stream. Jonathan W Terrell was first postmaster. PO discontinued 6 July
1860. Re-established at present name and possibly in same location 7 Nov
1873 with William P Bean, postmaster. Named for Asa Backus, a saw and
gristmill owner there. A flip of the coin is said to have won the naming
of the po. PO closed 14 Oct 1905.

Bacon Creek PO: Hart Co. See Bonnieville.
Bagby PO: Kenton Co. See Independence.

Bagdad: Shelby Co. At the Junction of KY 12 and 395, 8 1/2 miles NE of
Shelbyville. The PO called Christiansburg was established 20 Jan 1827, 2
miles NW and moved to current location in 1816, being renamed to current
name. Richard Radford was first post master. Uncertain as to why town
named this - several versions - "Daddy's Bag" ' a child with a speech
impediment trying to say Grandad, or a customer with a sack to grain to be
ground where the boy working there would say "bad, dad?"

Bailey Creek: Harlan Co. Located near a stream with the same name on a
bank branch of Clover Fork of the Cumberland River, 7 miles E of Harlan.
Creek said to have been named for Carr Bailey, Revolutionary War veteran
who settled here early. PO of Smithville established 28 July 1857, Hugh
Smith, postmaster, was renamed to Bayly's Creek in 1875, Joseph S Kelly,
postmaster. Discontinued May 1880, re-established with current name 23
Sept 1880 with John B Kelly, postmaster. Discontinued in 1900.

Bailey PO: Harlan Co. See Bailey.
Baileys:Knox Co - See Bailey's Switch.

Bailey's Switch: Knox Co. Mouth of Middle Fork of Richland Creek, S of US
25E and 2 miles N of Barbourville. Started as a camp occupied by Daniel
Boone in 1769 and in 1775. PO established 15 Sept 1890 with John R Bailey
postmaster. A switch was erected here by the L&N. Locally the town is
known as just Bailey's.

Bairdstown: Nelson Co - See Bardstown.

Baizetown: Ohio Co. Junction of KY 505 and 1118, 11 miles ESE of
Hartford. A small store started here ca 1880 on the farm of John Henry
Baize; on 23 May 1893 the PO was established by storekeeper John D Oliver.
PO is closed.

Bakerton: Cumberland Co. On Clay Lick Bottom, 1/4 mile W of the
Cumberland River and 3 1/2 miles NNE of Burkesville. PO established 29 May
1848 to serve Bakerton's Landing - a major shipping point for tobacco for
the Nashville market. Named for the Baker family, more specifically for
James Baker who with his 3 brothers pitched his first camp here in 1850 in
what became known as First Night Hollow on Big Renox Creek.

Baldwin: Madison Co. On KY 1985, 1 1/2 miles W of Tates Creek and 7 miles
WNW of Richmond. PO operated 1890-1915, named for local family; William E
Baldwin first postmaster.

Balkan: Bell Co. 1 mile up Toms Creek from Tejay on the Cumberland River,
8 miles E of Pineville. All the early settlers were primarily Slavic. PO
established 20 Dec 1912, Edwin R Roberts, postmaster.

Ballard: Anderson Co. 7 miles SW of Lawrence in the cut-off section of
the county on KY 842. PO established 8 Aug 1893, named for either Thomas
Ballard who was postmaster or for William Ballard. PO closed in 1904. An
earlier post office named Caldwells Store operated here from 1866 to 1833
- might have been the same location.

Ballard: Floyd Co. See Garrett.

Ballardsville: Oldham Co. At the junction of KY 22 and 55, 2 1/2 miles
SSE of LaGrange. PO established approximately 1829 or earlier, named for a
family of early settlers, closed 1903.

Ball's Landing: Owen Co. See Perry Park.
Balltown: Breckinridge Co. See Mattingly.

Balltown: Nelson Co. ON KY 46, E of US 31E, 4 1/2 miles SSW of Bardstown.
Named for James Ball, early settler before 1800. PO operated 1884 to 1904.

To be continued.

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