Bobtown, Kentucky

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Bobtown, Kentucky
Joe Lick, Joe's Lick Knob
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Coordinates: 37°37′05″N84°13′44″W / 37.618°N 84.229°W / 37.618; -84.229 Coordinates: 37°37′05″N84°13′44″W / 37.618°N 84.229°W / 37.618; -84.229
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Madison

Bobtown, also known as Joe Lick, is a rural hamlet near Berea, Madison County, Kentucky, United States. [1] Founded in 1769, since the mid-19th century it has historically been a predominantly African-American community. [2] [3] It is located 12 miles south of Richmond, Kentucky, and roughly 5 miles northeast of the city center of Berea, Kentucky; and is near Farristown, and Middletown, two other African American communities. [2] [1] [4] [5]

History

It was founded in 1769 as Joe Lick, or Joe's Lick Knob, and is said to be named after an early settler who had carved his name on a stone fence. [4] One of the first houses was built for Capt. Phillipps in the early 1800s, on the Berea and Kingston Road. [4]

Starting in 1865 after the American Civil War, African Americans were allowed to purchase land and settled in this area. [1] In 1872, the settlement was re-named Bobtown in honor of "Uncle Bob" Fitch, a long-time African-American resident. [1] The community was tied together as a community by the formation of the New Liberty Baptist Church (1866), and with schools, and stores. [2] [1]

Rev. Matthew Campbell (1823–1896) founded the New Liberty Baptist Church in 1866; and Rev. Thomas H. Broaddus was the pastor for many years in Bobtown and for the surrounding towns. [1] [3] In the early history of the community they had separate White and Black elementary schools. [1] In the 1930s with a merger of schools, the Black students were bussed to the Middletown Consolidated School and Richmond High School; and White students attended schools in Kingston. [1] The railroad industry and farming industry were the largest employers in the early history. [1] Pigs, cattle, and tobacco were farmed locally. [1]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Bobtown, Farristown, and Middletown (Berea, KY)". Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, University of Kentucky Libraries, University of Kentucky . Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  3. 1 2 Burnside, Jacqueline Grisby (2007). Berea and Madison County. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 57–72. ISBN   978-0-7385-4432-8.
  4. 1 2 3 Grise, Robert (April 28, 1971). "The Story of Bobtown". Madison's Heritage Online. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
  5. ↑ "Bobtown Populated Place Profile, Madison County, Kentucky Data". KY Hometown Locator. Retrieved 2023-02-05.
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