Finchville | |
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  Finchville Location within the state of Kentucky  Finchville Finchville (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 38°9′13″N85°18′46″W / 38.15361°N 85.31278°W Coordinates: 38°9′13″N85°18′46″W / 38.15361°N 85.31278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Shelby |
| Elevation | 771 ft (235 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 40022 |
| GNIS feature ID | 492079 [1] |
Finchville is an unincorporated community within Shelby County, Kentucky, United States.
Finchville was named for the early settler and blacksmith Ludwell R.Finch (known as "Lud") (born June 10, 1806, and died September 12, 1879) [2] who first came to Shelby County in 1841. [3] Between 1842 and 1848, he purchased about 200 acres of land from the heirs of William Wall on which he established his farm. Finch built his own blacksmith shop and store and the locality became known as “Finch’s Shop”. When the government established a post office in 1876, the name Finchville was adopted. [4]
The origins of Finchville Baptist Church have been traced back as far as 1780 when settlers of the Buck Creek, Plum Creek, and Elk Creek areas held worship services in their cabins. The church was formally organized in 1799 by William Edmund Waller. By 1800, a log church and schoolhouse had been built. The church went by various names including Plum Creek Church, Plum and Buck Creek Church, and Buck Creek Church. In 1891, the brick church building was razed and its material was used in the erection of a new church in the center of Finchville and became the Finchville Baptist Church. In 1992, an addition to the building was dedicated. [5]
Finchville contains a post office located at the intersection of KY 55 and KY 148.
In 1886, the first public school in Finchville was built on the site of what is now Finchville Farms Country Ham. In 1893, the school was moved approximately a half mile south where all the Finchville public schools have since been built. The school built in 1893 was a three-room frame building. A new two-story brick schoolhouse was dedicated on December 23, 1915, and it replaced the frame building. Initially, the school had eleven classrooms, a library, and an office for the principal. Although the building had central heating and electric lights, it did not have indoor plumbing for 25 years. The school also had a stable for the use of students and teachers. In 1931, an auditorium and gymnasium was added. In 1949, the final high school class graduated from the school. In 1968, the last middle school class graduated and the last elementary class graduated in 1975 and the building was closed soon thereafter. The school portion of the building was torn down soon after the 1975 closure. In 1984, the school lot and gymnasium were sold to the Finchville Baptist Church. In 1991, the school lot and gymnasium were sold to the Finchville Ruritan Club. [6]
The Finchville Fall Festival is an event that is held annually by the Finchville Ruritan Club the last weekend of September.
Finchville Farms Country Ham (located at 5157 Taylorsville Road) began in 1947 when William Robertson began selling country ham from the Robertson Country Store (which was a building located among other Finchville Farms Country Ham business buildings and closed around 1955). [7]
In the early 1950s, Robert Doyle and his neighbors agreed that the community needed a safe source of drinking water. Mr. Doyle, a civil engineer, dug a lake on his farm at the edge of town and constructed a small water treatment plant. The neighbors combined efforts to install water distribution lines and by the mid-1970s there were approximately 30 houses and businesses using Mr. Doyle's system. With time, a larger system was needed and Mr. Doyle took the lead in 1978 in helping Shelbyville build a water line into Finchville. [8]
Prior to the construction of a water line from Shelbyville, a district called the Southeast Jefferson Southwest Shelby Water District existed in Finchville. Due to increasing drinking water demands, the Shelbyville Municipal Water and Sewer Commission (Commission) first began evaluating the provision of water service to Finchville in January 1977. The initial cost estimate for the water line was $390,000. In February 1977, the Commission filed for a $121,000 grant from the Farmers Home Administration. By September 1977, the commission had decided the water line would be paid for by a combination of bond and grant monies, but the cost estimate for the installation of the new line had increased to $472,000. The grant monies (from the Farmers Home Administration) were received in December 1977 and the Commission proceeded by working to obtain easements from property owners. A public meeting regarding the new water line was held on May 1, 1978, at the Finchville Baptist Church. During 1978, Mr. Robert Doyle helped obtain easements. On June 30, 1978, a contract between the Commission and United Pipeline Company was signed to construct the new pipeline for $435,352. A rate structure (which is still in place) was created by the commission to pay for the bonds as well as the transportation of water from Shelbyville to Finchville. [9]
Shelby County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 42,074. The county seat is Shelbyville. The county was founded in 1792 and named for Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky. Shelby County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Shelby County is a county located in the far eastern portion of the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 census, its population was 25,448. Its county seat is Center. The county was created in 1835 as a municipality of Mexico and organized as a county in 1837. It is named for Isaac Shelby, a soldier in the American Revolution who became the first governor of Kentucky.
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Cropper is an unincorporated community within Shelby County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as Croppers Depot. Their post office is closed. The town of Cropper is located in northeast Shelby County, Kentucky. The origin of its name comes from the town's founder James Cropper, a blacksmith and store keeper who was the first person to build a house there sometime in the 1790s. He also was the town's first postmaster. The majority of Cropper's original citizens were members of the Low Dutch colony who were in the area as early as 1786. In 1807, a new group of settlers from Virginia increased the town's population. In 1855, the Louisville and Nashville Railroad along with a depot opened on the east end of town. A hotel soon opened afterwards. This railroad line was closed in the early 1970s. Another occurrence, in 1855, was the founding of Union Grove Church. This church had three different denominations that included Christian, Methodist and Baptist. The only cemetery in Cropper is on the church grounds. In June 1900, the Baptist separated from the Union Church, and by 1903 it had its own building. In 1967, the Union Grove Church was renamed Cropper Christian Church. In 1905, a bank was opened by Ben Allen Thomas, but it was closed in 1921. An 1882 map shows the first school in Cropper which was a large two-story building with grades one through twelve. It burned in 1951 and was replaced with a one-story elementary school. The team mascot was the Yellow Jackets.
John Simpson was a United States Army officer, attorney, and politician. Simpson saw military action in both the Northwest Indian War and the War of 1812. He also served 4 terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives including 2 years as the House's Speaker. In 1812 he was elected to the United States House of Representatives but died before he could take office.
Brashear's Creek is a USGS-classified stream flowing through Shelby and Spencer Counties in Kentucky. It begins at the confluence of Bullskin and Clear Creeks in Shelby County, approximately 2 miles east-northeast of Finchville, Kentucky. It flows approximately 26 miles from its source, through Rivals, to its terminus at Salt River in Taylorsville, Spencer County, Kentucky.
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