Claysville, Harrison County, Kentucky

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Claysville is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States. [1] It is located on U.S. Route 62 at the Licking River. [2]

Harrison County, Kentucky U.S. county in Kentucky

Harrison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,846. Its county seat is Cynthiana. The county was founded in 1793 and named for Colonel Benjamin Harrison, an advocate for Kentucky statehood, framer of the Kentucky Constitution, and Kentucky legislator.

Licking River (Kentucky) tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky in the United States

The Licking River is a partly navigable, 303-mile-long (488 km) tributary of the Ohio River in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. The river and its tributaries drain much of the region of northeastern Kentucky between the watersheds of the Kentucky River to the west and the Big Sandy River to the east. The North Fork Licking River, in Pendleton County, Kentucky is one of its tributaries.

History

Claysville was originally called Marysville, and under the latter name was laid out in 1799 or 1800. [3] A post office called Marysville was established in 1816. [4] The post office was renamed Claysville in 1825, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1917. [5]

Claysville was once considered a busy shipping point, but when the railroad was completed in the area and bypassed Claysville, business activity shifted to other nearby towns, and Claysville's population dwindled. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Claysville, Harrison County, Kentucky
  2. ↑ "Claysville, Kentucky". Kentucky Atlas and Gazetteer. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 322.
  4. ↑ "Harrison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Harrison County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

Coordinates: 38°31′09″N84°11′07″W / 38.51917°N 84.18528°W / 38.51917; -84.18528

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