Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1883-4. Volume IV, Published by R L Polk and Co and A C Danser, Detroit, Michigan and Louisville, Kentucky
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County Officials – Taylor
Sheriff – C W Wright
Circuit Clerk – T E Green
County Clerk – A T Campbell
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Burdick. A postoffice and small settlement in Taylor county, 6 miles south of Campbellsville, the county seat and nearest railroad approach. Mail, tri-weekly.
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Campbellsville. On the C. & O. br. of the L. & N. R. R. is a village located in Taylor county, of which it is the judicial seat. Nearest bank location is Lebanon, 17 miles north. A handle factory, a tannery, a saw and carding mill, two churches and 2 schools are here; also a first-class hotel. “The Campbellsville House”. A good flour mill and a bank are needed. The exports consist of tobacco and grain, and the average price for unimproved land is $5, and $20 for farms. Stage to Columbia daily; fare, $1.50. Express, Adams. Telegraph, W. U. Population 900. R H Martin, postmaster
Bailey, CB & Co (Chap B Bailey, John B Montgomery) Proprs Campbellsville Hotel, the only Commercial
Hotel in town. Saloon and Livery.
Baker, Horace, tel operator L & N Ry.
Bass, John W, county judge
Bass, Dr. Samuel R, drugs, books, jewelry, etc.
Blakey, Isaac, woolen and carding mill
Bomar, Isaac T, jeweler and watchmaker
Borders Hotel, George Borders, propr.
Borders Side, barber
Buchanan, Dr James B, druggist
Buchanan & Ewing (James Buchanan, James W Ewing) drugs and groceries
Campbell, Alfred T, county clerk
Campbellsville Hotel, C B Bailey & Co Proprs.
Carson, Andy C, carpenter
Cave, Robert D, wagonmaster
Cave, Mrs Robert D, milliner
Chandler, Joseph H, lawyer and lumber dealer
Chandler, Samuel T, physician
Chandler, S T & Son, (Samuel T & Robert D) Druggists
Chandler, Dr Woodruf T, drugs, groceries, liquors and notions
Coffey, Cyrus R, harnessmaker and saddler
Collins, Joseph T, lawyer
Cookley, Edward M, general store
Creel, Robert, carpenter
Davis Bros (Thomas W and John R), livery
Douglass, Wood, blacksmith
Elkins, Wm, county assessor
Fleece, Edward B, physician
Freybarger, Matthew, baker
George, James W, undertaker
Gowdy, David W, general store
Green, Thomas E, circuit clerk
Gum, John C, tailor
Hackley & Lewis (Robert D Hackley, George W. Lewis) harnessmakers
Hammond, J H & Son, stave makers
Harris, Henry, shoemaker
Hazard, John, painter
Hodgins, George, barber
Hodgkins, John D, jeweler
Hubbard, Robert H, blacksmith
Irvine, Thomas, physician
Irwin, Thomas, physician
Jeter, Rodifer E, supt J H Hammond & Son
Katz, Samuel, general store
Leet, Isaac, boarding
Livly, Samuel, blacksmith
Martin, Robert H, Postmaster, Insurance agent and Notary
Matthews, Alfred, jailer
Mays & Burdett, flour and sawmill, 3 ½ miles s.
Miller, Joseph H, surveyor
Mitchell, Mrs G D, music teacher
Montague, Robert S, lawyer
Moore, Daniel B, commission merchant
Morris, Thomas j, shoemaker
Murray, Green, railroad agent
Nell, Oliver, carpenter
Newcomb, Ben H, painter, 3 miles w.
Odewalt, Jacob, jeweler
Paragon Publishing Co (Dr S T Chandler, Morgan Chandler), Printers
Patterson, Charles, county attorney
Phillips Putnam & Co (James G and Hugh B Phillips) general store
Price, Norman L, blacksmith
Redman, George W, tanner
Robinson, H Scott, lawyer
Sanders, B D, justice of peace
Sanders, Elisha T, undertaker and carpenter
Sanders, Richard D, coroner
Smith, Hamilton B, blacksmith
Smith, Lewis B, hardware
Sutphin, Homer, photographer
Thornton, Charles A, painter
Turner & Day Mufg Co, Sidney Turner pres. Norman Day vice-pres, L G Wells treas, Albert Day gen mngr,
James W Baceider supt.
Turner & Smith (John N Turner, John R Smith) general store, farm impts and sewing machines
Waddell, George W, physician
Williams, James H, gunsmith and harnessmaker
Willock, David, bricklayer
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Elkhorn. In Taylor county, 5 miles from Campbellsville, the county seat and shipping point, on the C. & C. br. L. & N. R. R. and 85 from Louisville. Churches, Methodist and Babtist, School, district,. Mills, steam, saw and grist. Shipments, tobacco, lumber and wheat. Population, 100. Mail, semi-weekly. S. H. May, postmaster
Burress, E G, shoemaker
Creek, T W, saw and grist mill
Crook, W H, builder
Fisher, Thomas D, justice of peace
Kelsey, O M, physician
Lane, Rev J W, (Methodist)
May & Fisher, General Store, Undertakers and Blacksmiths
May, M B, general store and undertaker
Robinson, Miss, Sarah, teacher
Williams, R W, constable
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Merrimac. A recently established postoffice in Taylor county, 15 miles from Campbellsville, the county seat, and 16 from Lebanon, the nearest shipping point and bank location. Population, 80. Mail by special supply. N C Clarkson, postmaster.
Baily, W H, carpenter
Beard, E, saw and grist mill
Cabel, George W, blacksmith
Capheart & Christie, general store
Christie, Rev W R
Gaylor, Eli, constable
Helm & Rakes, General store
Huekins, George W, machinist
James, Rev C W
Prewitt, J W, justice of peace
Rakes, John T, wagonmaker
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Mannsville. In the eastern part of Taylor county, 10 miles east of Campbellsville, the county seat, 8 miles from Spurlington, the nearest railroad point, and 87 southeastof Louisville. Population, 50. Mail, semi-weekly. Wm. Floyd, postmaster.
Floyd, John F, physician
Floyd, Wm, Physician
Mercer, James O, justice of peace
Penn & Floyd, general store
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Pitman. In Taylor county, 7 miles southwest of Willowtown.
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Saloma. In the northern part of Taylor county, 6 miles north of Campbellsville, the county seat and nearest shipping point on the C. & O. br. L. & N. R. R. and 81 southeast of Louisville. Mail, semi-weekly. Poplulation, 100. George R. Peter, postmaster.
Durham, W W, general store
Dye, Peter A, general store
Dye, W J, blacksmith
Gaddie, B S & Son, flour mill, 2 miles out
Graham, Robert, flour mill, 1 mile out
Hubbard, Daniel, justice of peace
Hudson, G W, flour mill, 3 miles out
Peter, George R, General Store
Sanders, H G, live stock
Smith, R H, phusician
Tandy Bros, saw mill
Turner, W L, physician
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Spurlington. A station on the C & O. br. L. & N. R. R., in Taylor county, 6 miles from Campbellsville, the county seat. Population, 60. Mail, daily. Express, Adams. John Spurling, postmaster.
Melton, Joseph, blacksmith
Shively, Dr A H, druggist
Spurling, John B, General Store and Railroad Agent
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Tampico. In the southern part of Taylor county, 10 miles south of Campbellsville, the county seat and shipping point and 97 ½ southeast of Louisville. Daily mail and stage to Campbellsville. J W Faulkner, postmaster.
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Willowtown. In the northeastern part of Taylor county, 10 miles northwest of Campbellsville, the county seat, 10 west of Spurlington, the nearest railroad approach and shipping point, and 75 southwest of Louisville. Mail, tri-weekly.
McFarland, Wm, general store
Stallard, Pitts, physician