Transcribed from the
1881-82 Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, Vol. III
Reynolds Historical Genealogy
Collection
Allen
County Public Library, 900 Webster Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46801
Published by R. L. Polk & Co. and A. C. Danser
BETHANY
A small settlement and post-office on Owen county. 12
miles south of Owenton, the seat of justice. Ship to
Corinth, 13 miles east on the C. S. Railway. Tobacco is
exported. Mail tri-weekly. W. B. Sharp, postmaster
Business Directory
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Bell & Reynolds,
general store
Carlton R. E.,
physician
Ford Rev. H.,
Christian
Hoffman A.,
tobacco dryhouse
Moreland Joel,
grocer
Sharp W. B., general store |
Tate Thos.,
shoemaker
Traylor Jno. W.,
general store
Tucker A. T.,
justice
Warner B. F.,
carpenter
Whalen H., blacksmith |
CANBY
A settlement of 3 families in Owen county, 11 miles
east of Owenton, the county seat. Produce is
marketed.
EAGLE HILL
A village in Owen county, 16 miles from Owenton, the
county seat and 70 from Louisville Glencoe, on the
L., C. & L. R.R., 3 miles distant, is the nearest
railroad station. Population 300. Semi-weekly mail.
Wm. A. Stewart, postmaster.
Business Directory
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Edwards J. W.,
justice of peace
Foster F.,
cooper
Osborn D.,
boot & shoemaker
Stewart B. A.,
live-stock
Stewart Mrs. F.,
shoemaker |
Stewart J., meat market
Stewart T.,
dentist
Stewart Wm.,
blacksmith
Swope H.,
flour mill
Wright G. W., constable |
EAST EAGLE
The post-office for a settlement of 75 people in
Owen county, 9 miles from Owenton, the county
seat, and 14 miles west of Corinth, its shipping
station, on the C.S. R’y. Stage to Owenton
semi-weekly; fare $.75. Mail tri-weekly. George
Hill, postmaster.Business Directory
Clifton J. E.,
grocer
Dawson Wm.,
physician
Hill George, dry
goods and hotel
Hill Geo W., prin.
Richland Academy
Hill & Dews, blacksmiths
GRATZ
On the Kentucky river, in
the south-western part of Owen county, 9 miles
south-west of Owenton, the county seat, 21
south-east of Sparta, its nearest shipping point
by rail, on the D., C & L R.R. and 92 north east
of Louisville. Daily stage to Owenton and
Sparta. Stage fare to Owenton $1; to Sparta $2.
Daily mail. Population 128. W. R. Minish,
postmaster.
Business Directory
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Carter
Spenser, justice of the peace
Dupuy Joseph,
physician
Giles H. D.,
general store
Giles L. W.,
leaf tobacco
Goodrich &
Hambric, flour mill
Head Rev.
Jacob (Baptist)
Hunley Evan,
wagon maker
Jones Joseph,
steamboat pilot
Kavanaugh
Rev. H. H. (Methodist) |
Leitch
Anthon(*) W., hotel
*can not read
Martin J. B.,
grocer
Minish R. J.,
Proprietor Express Line to Owenton
Minish T.
W., druggist
Minish W. R.,
jeweler, notions etc.
Riley C. M.
& M. A., general store
Wainscott G.
W., blacksmith
Wainscott
James, mail carrier
Walker Louis E., carpenter |
HARMONY
A small country
post-office in Owen county, 16 miles from
Owenton, the county seat and the same
distance from Georgetown, the usual shipping
point. Population 85. Mail daily. G. R. Lee,
postmaster.
Business Directory
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Barr
John, general store
Head &
Bro., general store
Hicks
Z., blacksmith
Hutcheson J. D., physician
Johnson
Simpson, blacksmith
Lee G. R., physician |
Redding
W. H., sewing machine agent
Rice A.
G., live stock
Southworth C. T., grocer and
hotel
Southworth Thos., hotel
Watson W. J., live stock |
HARRISBURG
In the northeastern part of Owen county,
3 and one half miles north of Owenton,
the county seat, 9 miles southeast of
Sparta, its nearest shipping point on
the L., C&L R.R. and 65 northeast of
Louisville. Daily stage to Owenton and
Sparta. Daily mail. P. H. Duncan,
postmaster
Business Directory
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Brainbridge, E. C.,
physician Hearn, James
J., wagonmaster
McGinnis, Issac W.,
druggist
McMillian, James D.,
teacher |
McMillian, Mrs. Mary E.,
music teacher
Maddox, Jacob, general
store
Thompson, Ed Porter,
Owen College principal
West, James,
blacksmith |
HISLER
A village in Owen
county, 7 miles from Owenton, the county
seat and 14 miles from Sparta, the usual
shipping point. Population 200. Express
Adams. Mail tri-weekly. W. H. Sanders,
postmaster
Business Directory
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Clifton Alfred,
blacksmith
Just
John, farmer
Kinney & Roher, saw and
flour mills
Laist __, physician
Law
__, physician
Obanion J., farmer |
Obanion Juke, farmer
Rose
Harrison, chair mnfr.
Sanders W. H., gen store
and dry goods
Willhoil Alvin, farmer
Willhoil J., farmer
Wood C., farmer |
JONESVILLE
A post-office and country store in
Owen county, 9 miles from Owenton,
the county seat. Population 10. Mail
by special supply. J. H. Greene,
postmaster and farmer
Business Directory
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Brock R. E.,
general store
Denton J. M.,
railroad agent
Foster W. E.,
physician
Green J. L.,
farmer |
LUSBY’S MILL
Has 100 inhabitants, is a
village in Owen county, 8 miles
east of Owenton, the county
seat. Ships tobacco, wheat and
hogs. The Big Eagle creek
furnishes power here. Land
valued at $10 to $40 per acre.
Ships to Blanchett, on the C.S.
R’y, 9 miles east. An opening
here for a blacksmith. Mail
tri-weekly. A. B., Acre,
postmaster.
Business Directory
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Acre & Kinman,
general store and
distiller
Kinman Y. R.,
flour mill
Kinman P. C.,
blacksmith
Kinman W. P.,
hotel and saloon
Lusby Alfred,
wagon maker
Lusby Rev. John,
shoemaker |
Scott R. I.,
general store
Smither A. W.,
physician
Stamper Hugh,
general store
Stamper Jas H.,
druggist
Taylor A. P.,
physician |
MONTEREY
This village is in Owen
county, 10 miles from the
county seat and 22 miles
from Sparta, its shipping
station by rail. Here is 1
mill, 1 church, I free
school, tobacco, broom corn
and livestock are shipped.
Daily stage to Owenton; fare
$.75; to Sparta $1.75.
Population 330. Daily mail.
Wm. E. Hardin, postmaster.
Business Directory
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Ballard
Johnson,
constable
Birchett
James A.,
physician
Birchitt W.
R.,
physician
Birchitt &
Foster,
druggists
Blades W. C.,
leaf tobacco
Brown George,
carpenter
Byrnes J. D.,
wharf-boat
Duvall Rev.
J. E.
(Baptist)
Ellis J. A.,
justice of the
peace
Fitzgerald
Jas. Justice
of the peace
Foster J. C.
B. physician
Foster Rev J.
W. (Reform)
Foster & Bro.,
livery
Hardin J. E.,
carpenter
Hardin Mrs.
M. J.,
millinery
Hardin T. J.,
lawyer
Hardin Wm. D.,
live stock
Hardin Wm. E.,
jewelry and
sewing machines
Hardin &
Calvert,
general store
Harris Jacob,
blacksmith |
Head Rev J.
S.,
(Baptist)
Head J. S. &
Bro.,
general store
Hendon J. M.,
county clerk
Herndon J. W.,
police judge and
general store
Hyter & Head,
undertakers
Johnson J. N.,
meat market
Knox Charles,
cooper
Lawrence J.
W. & J. M.,
leaf tobacco
Lindsay James
B., barber
Messink Frank,
shoemaker
Messink J. A.,
grocer
Montgomery
Wm., painter
Pryor G. L.,
physician
Randsdale
Mrs. Sarah,
hotel
Sanford &
Claxton,
hotel
Smith R. H.,
physician
Sullivan A.D.,
wagon-maker
Swetman T. S.,
blacksmith
Wanscott T.
W.,
blacksmith
Wilson George,
tinsmith |
Truesville
A county village in Owen
County, known also as
White's Run. About 80
miles from Louisville.
Ships to frankfort by
rail, 14 miles; or to
Byrnes by boat. Kentucky
River, six miles
distant. Contains one
church and one school.
Weekly mail, J. B.
Price, postmaster.
Business Directory
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Curry, John,
blacksmith
Gibson, William,
wagonmaker
Hudson, Andrew,
blacksmith
Hurd, J. S.,
general store
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McBride, John,
blacksmith
Price, J. B.,
general store and
postmaster
Quarbs, ___,
physician
Tackets, Holman,
mill owner |
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The links below
take you to
Bernie Spencer's
Northern
Kentucky
Views... Great
site!!
In 1876-1877 the
R. L. Polk Co
published a
directory of
businesses in
Kentucky
communities. The
ad above is
from that
gazetteer. Owen
Counties listed
are:
An earlier
Gazetteer
published in
Louisville, was
George W. Hawes’
Kentucky
State Gazetteer
and Business
Directory, for
1859 and 1860.
It's
pre-Civil
War, but is
erratic in its
coverage. In
Owen Co., it had
detail on:
*
See Note at Bottom of
Page...
Gratz
(Map of the Gratz area
Gratz)
(An incorporated
village,
situated on the
Kentucky River
in the
southwestern
part of Owen
County, 9 miles
from Owenton. It
contained a
flouring
mill, two
churches and a
public school.
Settled in 1850,
incorporated in
1861.
Monterey
(Map of the Montery area
Monterey)
First named Williamsburg for James Williams of Maryland. He
set up a trading post in abt. 1805. In 1847, the
Kentucky legislature established the town of Monterey named for
a battle of the Mexican War and set on the property of George C.
Branham.
New Liberty
(Map of the New Liberty
area
New
Liberty)
Settled before 1800 and
Incorporated in 1827. Earliest cabin in the county was built by
John Gayle in 1806.
Owenton
(Map of Owenton
Owenton City Streets)
(County
Seat)
The first county seat was Heslerville (now Hesler),
established in 1819. Located on land belonging to Jacob Hesler,
an early Justice of the Peace and later Sheriff. In 1822, the
Kentucky legislature moved the county seat to Owenton.
Perry Park
(Map of the Perry Park
area
Perry
Park)
The location known today as Perry Park was
originally known as "Lick Skillet," (supposedly as a result of
food being in such short supply that they had to
...). Afterwards, it was know as "Cleveland," probably after
the US president of that name. It became Ball's Landing
around 1887, and was changed to Perry Park in 1933.
Sparta
(Sparta
began as a village named Brock's Station in 1802. Sparta was
incorporated as a town in 1852. Sparta became a stop on the
Louisville & Nashville Railroad; the CSX railroad still runs
through Sparta along Eagle Creek.The community straddles
Gallatin and Owen counties)
Wheatley
(Map of the Wheatley area
Wheatley)
The above listing includes cities, towns, boroughs and
communities based on the US Postal service mail delivery.
*(On
September 1,
1870, the Post
Office
Department
listed these
towns in Owen
County as having
Post
Offices: Eagle
Hill, Gratz,
Harmony Hills,
Lusby's Mill,
Monterey, New
Columbus, New
Liberty,
Owenton, Rock
Dale, Pleasant
Home, Poplar
Grove, and West
Union)
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Northern Kentucky
Views - Owen County Towns (scroll to the bottom of the
page)
Historic Markers in Owen County |