Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, for 1879-80,
Published by R. L. Polk & Co., & A. C. Danser, Detriot, Mich. And Louisville, Ky. 1879, Typed by Debbie Gilpin
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Campbellsville
This village, the county seat of Taylor county, will be reached by the Cumberland & Ohio railway about August, 1879. This new road will be owned and operated by the L. & Gt. S.R.R. Until this new road is completed, the shipping point is Lebanon, on the Knoxville branch of the L. & Gt. S.R.R. Here are 1 carding mill, 2 churches, 2 schools, and a population of 750. Daily stage to Lebanon, Columbia and Greensburg. Fare to the first named, $1.50; to Greensburg, $1. Daily mail. R.H. Martin, postmaster.
Business Directory
Bass, S R, druggist
Bass, J W, Lawyer
Blakey, Isaac, Carding Mill
Bonders, George, stage line (Borders)
Buchanan, J B, Druggist and Physician
Caldwell, J F, lawyer
Carroll, J P, gunsmith
Cave, R D, wagonmaker
Chandler, J H, lawyer (James)
Chandler, S T, physician and druggist
Chandler, S T & W T, physicians
Cheek, E A, lawyer
Chiflett, A J, tinner
Collins, J T, Lawyer
Crouch, T A, Jailer
Douglass, Wood, blacksmith
Ewing, J R, Hotel and Livery
Hazard, J H, painter
Hackley, R D, harness maker
Hubbard, Robert, blacksmith
Isenberg & Bro, general store
Irvine, Thomas, physician
James, C W, police judge
Jeter, R E, carpenter
Leet, I, Hotel
Mitchell, D G, lawyer
Netherland, P L, General Store
Patterson, Charles J, lawyer
Peryear, R E, lawyer (Puryear)
Price, N L, blacksmith
Redman, G W, tanner
Robinson, John R, Lawyer
Samuels, W B, boot and shoemaker
Sanders & Peryear, undertaker (Puryear)
Shively, A H, physician
Smith, H B, blacksmith
Triplett, James, harness maker
Turner, John M, general store
Wood, J M, Lawyer
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Elk Horn
On the line of the Cumberland & Ohio Railroad (now building, spring of 1879) is Taylor County, 5 miles from the county seat, 20 from Lebanon, the shipping station until the new road is completed, and 85 from Louisville, is the settlement of 100 people. Churches, methodist and baptist. Schools, district. Mills, steam saw and grist. Shipments, tobacco and wheat. Stage line, Columbia and Lebanon daily via Campbellsville, 40 miles; fare, $4. Weekly mail. Jason Smith, postmaster.
Business Directory
Burress, E G, boot and shoemaker
Devenport, Rev, (Methodist) (Davenport)
Fisher, Thomas D, blacksmith
Fisher, Rev Wm, (Baptist)
Johnston, John, constable
May, M B, Justice of the Peace (Mitchell B May)
Prescott, Henry, cooper
Sherrill, Hardin & Co, Saw and Grist Mill
Smith, Jason, physician
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Mannsville
In the eastern part of Taylor County, 10 miles east of Campbellsville, the county seat; 20 south of Lebanon, its nearest shipping point, on the Knoxville branch of the L & G. S.R.R., and 87 southeast of Louisville. Semi-weekly mail. Edmond Penn, postmaster.
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Saloma
In the northern part of Taylor county, 6 miles north of Campbellsville, the county seat, 14 miles southeast of Lebanon, its nearest shipping point, on the Knoxville branch of the L. & G. S. R.R. and 81 southeast of Louisville. Semi-weekly mail. Population, 70. W. W. Durham, postmaster.
Business Directory
Derrett, Joel, physician (Durrett)
Durham, W W, general store
Green, A J, shoemaker
Jones, R H, blacksmith
Shofner, H H, shoemaker
Turner, W L, physician
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Tampico
In the southern part of Taylor county, 10 miles south of Campbellsville, the county seat, 24 southwest of Lebanon, its nearest shipping point, on the Knoxville branch of the L. & G. S. R. R., and 97 ½ south.