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Source Appendix for Place Names and Districts in Harrison County, Kentucky
This page serves as a quick reference guide for place names in Harrison County, Kentucky. Researched sources are organized by type and sorted into tables demonstrating which communities were recognized by a given source. If you know of a community in Harrison County, or a source not covered here, please contact the Harrison County, Kentucky One Place Study or feel free to make sourced edits here.
Further information on these communities can be found in the Harrison County, Kentucky, Guide to Place Names and the page covering Harrison County, Kentucky: Census Divisions and Demographics.
Official Sources
These are lists from (or authorized by) government sources.
Post Office Lists
- Harrison County Post Offices and Postmasters 1836[1]
| Broadwell [Asbury Broadwell] (p. 19) | Claysville [John Whitehead] (p. 32) | Colemansville [James H. McVees] (p.34) |
| Cynthiana [William A. Withers] (p. 39) | Kentontown [Benjamin S. Daley] (p. 79) | Leesburg [Lewis Coppage] (p. 83) |
- Harrison County Post Offices and Postmasters 1853[2]
| Broadwell [Jerome A. Broadwell] (p. 30) | Buena Vista [Robert Smith] (p. 31) | Claysville [Edwin R. Jackson] (p. 39) |
| Colemansville [Wm. T. M'Neers] (p.40) | Connersville [John F. Smith] (p. 41) | Curry's Run [James Slade] (p. 44) |
| Cynthiana [Chas. H. Anderson] (p. 44) | Havilandsville [Henry H. Haviland] (p. 66) | Kentontown [Orville G. Cameron] (p. 74) |
| Leesburgh [Bushrod T. Boswell] (p. 77) | Oddville [Hezekiah McWhitaker] (p. 100) | Raven Creek [John S. Scott] (p. 111) |
| Rutland [John Mullen] (p. 116) |
Historical Sources
These sources primarily represent 19th century writers contemporary with the places discussed in their works.
Collins's List of Towns (1874)
| Antioch | Berryville | Boyd's Station | Buena Vista | Claysville |
| Colemansville | Connersville | Cynthiana | Havilandsville | Lair's Station |
| Leesburg | Leeslick | Oddville | Robertson Station | Rutland |
| Scott Station | Tricum |
- Should check Collins v.1 for post office information?
- Collins 1847 history should also be checked.
Perrin's List of Districts and Their Towns (1882)
A separate page for Harrison County, Kentucky: Census Divisions and Demographics, covering Harrison County Magisterial Districts is under development as well.[4]
| Cynthiana - Election Precinct 1 | Lair's Station | Oddville PO | Poindexter PO | ||
| Sylvan Dell (pp. 311-312) Formerly Buena Vista. Election Precinct 2; originally included portions of Precincts 1 and 8 | Shady Nook (formerly Scott's Station) | Routtsburg? (near Salem church) | Sylvan Dell village | ||
| Richland (pp. 313-314) Election Precinct 3 | Antioch Mills | Havilandsville | |||
| Berry (pp.317-319) Election Precinct 4 | Colemansville | Berry's Station | Boyd's Station | Robertson Station | Durbantown |
| Rutland (pp. 319-321) Election Precinct 5 | Rutland village | ||||
| Unity (pp. 321-322) Election Precinct 6 | Connersville | Unity village (formerly Trickum) | |||
| Leesburg (pp. 323-325) Election Precinct 7 | Leesburg village | Leeslick | Broadwell | ||
| Claysville (pp. 327-328) Election Precinct 8 | Claysville village |
Anecdotal Sources
These lists come from 20th century researchers of Harrison County, Kentucky history or other related topics.
175th Anniversary of Harrison County
| Antioch | Berry | Boyd | Broadwell | Buena Vista |
| Claysville | Colemansville | Connersville | Cynthiana | Durbintown |
| Havilandsville | Kelat | Lair | Leesburg | Lees Lick |
| Oddville | Poindexter | Renaker | Robinson | Rutland |
| Shady Nook | Sylvan Dell | Sunrise | Tricum/Breckenridge |
HarrisonCountyKy.US list
| Antioch Mills | Avena | Baptist | Beaver | Berry |
| Boyd | Breckinridge (Tricum) | Broadwell | Buena Vista | Claysville |
| Colemansville | Connersville | Conrey | Curry's Run or Station | Cynthiana |
| Dunaway | Durbintown | Havilandsville | Kelat | Kentontown |
| Lair (Lair's Station) | Leesburg | Lees Lick | Oddville | Poindexter |
| Raven Creek | Renaker | Richland | Robinson (Robertson's Station) | Rutland |
| Scott's Station | Shady Nook | Smitsonville | Sunrise | Sylvandell |
| Venus |
Current WT Categories
| Antioch | Baptist | Berry | Boyd | Breckinridge*1 |
| Broadwell | Buena Vista | Claysville | Colemansville | Colville |
| Connersville | Cynthiana | Kelat | Lair | Lees Lick |
| Leesburg | Poindexter | Renaker | Robinson | Ruddels Mills*2 |
| Rutland | Shawhan*2 | Sunrise |
- Breckinridge needs disambiguation, profiles from Breckinridge County being filed here.
- Ruddels Mills and Shawhan - so far no evidence of these communities in Harrison County. Suspect they were villages in Bourbon County close to Harrison, which may have caused confusion. Needs further research.
Rennick's List of Place Names
| Alberta | Antioch Mills | Avena | Baptist | Beckboro |
| Berry | Berry's Station | Boyd | Boyd's Station | Branch |
| Breckinridge | Broadwell | Buena Vista | Buzzard's Roost | Claysville |
| Colemansville | Colville | Connersville | Curry's Run | Cynthiana |
| Dunaway | Durbintown (also Durbantown - psbly separate place?) | Eckler | Eckler's Mill (Esthers Mill - same place?) | Garnetts Station |
| Gunnell's Station | Georges PO | Havilandsville | Hell's Half Acre | Hinton |
| Kelat | Lair | Lairs Station | Leesburg | Leeslick |
| McLoney | Mouth of Raven Creek PO | New Town PO | Oddville | Paxton |
| Poindexter | Raven Creek | Renaker | Richland | Robertson's Station - Same as Robinson |
| Rutland | Scott's Station | Selma | Shadynook | Smitsonville |
| Stony Castle | Sunrise | Sylvandell or Sylvan Dell | Travellers Rest (Now in Pendleton??) | Tricum |
| Two Lick Creek and School | Unity | Venus |
Jim Forte Postal History list (limited, but keeping until more accurate sources as above are found).
Community Established Closed Marysville 1816 1825 New Town 1816 1824 Leesburgh 1817 1893 Mouth Of Raven 1828 1834 Robinson's 1832 1833 Raven Creek 1849 1863 Oddville 1851 1903 Rutland 1852 1904 Scotts Station 1853 1856 Robertson's Station 1855 1882 Lair's Station 1860 1882 Paxton 1865 1874 Richland 1872 1884 Smitsonville 1872 1902 Sylvan Dell 1873 1894 Shady Nook 1875 1894 Poindexter 1876 1932 Trickum 1879 1883 Venus 1881 1904 Lair 1882 1920 Robertson 1882 1892 Sunrise 1882 1943 Kelat 1884 1905 Renaker 1886 1906 Leeslick 1888 1901 McLuney 1890 1891 Selma 1890 1905 Robinson 1892 1982 Leesburg 1893 1917 Shadynook 1894 1933 Sylvandell 1894 1913
Sources
- ↑ Post Offices in the United States, Blair and Rives (Washington D.C.), 1836; accessed via GoogleBooks 31 Mar 2022: https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_States_Official_Postal_Guide/QPsCAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
- ↑ Rode's United States Post Office Directory and Postal Guide, Charles R. Rode (New York), 1853; accessed via GoogleBooks 31 Mar 2022: https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_United_States_Post_Office_Directory/4v5NAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0
- ↑ Lewis Collins, History of Kentucky, Volume 2, Collins & Co. (Covington, KY) 1874, pp. 321-323; accessed 21 Mar 2022 via The Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/collinshistorica02coll/page/320/mode/2up
- ↑ William Henry Perrin, ed., History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison, & Nicholas Counties O.L. Baskin & Co., 1882: accessed via The Internet Archive, 24 Mar 2022: (https://archive.org/details/cu31924081311676/page/310/mode/2up) note: pages 315 &316 appear to be absent from this edition, but no text seems to be missing.
- ↑ Philip A. Naff, HarrisonCountyKy.US, Placenames fro a-z, 2010; referencing 175th Anniversary of Harrison County, booklet, no publisher information given, 1969: accessed via http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/history/origins-a-z-placenames.htm and archived to The Wayback Machine 4 Apr 2022.
- ↑ Philip A. Naff, HarrisonCountyKy.US, Communities at HarrisonCountyKy.US, 2017; accessed via http://www.harrisoncountyky.us/places/communities.htm and archived to The Wayback Machine 4 Apr 2022.
- ↑ https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Harrison_County%2C_Kentucky
- ↑ Rennick, Robert M., "Harrison County - Place Names" (2016). Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection. 75; accessed 24 Mar 2022 via Morehead State University: https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/rennick_ms_collection/75
- ↑ Jim Forte Postal History https://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=KY&county=Harrison&searchtext=&pagenum=2, Accessed and saved to the Internet Archive, 21 Mar 2022.
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