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* [[Stanley]] | * [[Stanley]] | ||
===Curdsville=== | ===[[Curdsville Precinct]]=== | ||
* [[Curdsville]] | * [[Curdsville]] | ||
* [[Delaware]] | * [[Delaware]] | ||
* [[St Joseph]] | * [[St Joseph]] | ||
* [[West Louisville]] | * [[West Louisville]] | ||
===Vanover=== | ===[[Vanover Precinct]]=== | ||
* [[Glenville]] | * [[Glenville]] | ||
* [[Moseleyville]] | * [[Moseleyville]] | ||
* [[Panther]] | * [[Panther]] | ||
* [[Tuck]] | * [[Tuck]] | ||
===Lower Town=== | ===[[Lower Town Precinct]]=== | ||
* [[Ash Valley]] | * [[Ash Valley]] | ||
* [[Bon Harbor]] | * [[Bon Harbor]] | ||
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* [[Rome]] | * [[Rome]] | ||
* [[Sorgho]] | * [[Sorgho]] | ||
===Upper Town=== | ===[[Upper Town Precinct]]=== | ||
* [[Dermont]] | * [[Dermont]] | ||
* [[Ensor]] | * [[Ensor]] | ||
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* [[Thruston]] | * [[Thruston]] | ||
* [[Yellow Creek]] | * [[Yellow Creek]] | ||
===Murray=== | ===[[Murray Precinct]]=== | ||
* [[Andersonville]] | * [[Andersonville]] | ||
* [[Brown's Valley]] | * [[Brown's Valley]] | ||
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* [[Gatewood]] | * [[Gatewood]] | ||
* [[Knottsville]] | * [[Knottsville]] | ||
===Yelvington=== | ===[[Yelvington Precinct]]=== | ||
* [[Iceland Landing]] | * [[Iceland Landing]] | ||
* [[Maceo]] | * [[Maceo]] | ||
Revision as of 00:32, 18 September 2016
Over the years, there have been quite a few settlements formed in various spots around the county. Most of these settlements had the necessities such as grist and saw mills, schools, churches, and stores. Some developed along rivers and creeks, some at steamboat landings, and by the 1880's, along railroads. Some of the towns grew, some vanished. Below is a list of most of the towns sorted by the precinct they were in. Visit here to view them alphabetically.
Precincts
- Andersonville
- Brown's Valley
- Green Brier
- Livia
- Maxwell - AKA: Newville
- Pettit
- Pleasant Ridge
- Red Hill
- Sutherland
- Utica
Masonville
Boston
Knottsville
Other Small Communities
- Adlai
- Blue Ruin
- Boswell
- Lockhart
- Loopee
- Possum Trot
- Rose Hill - Area at Thruston Dermont and Pleasant Valley Roads
- Scythia - Along Hwy 1389
- Spice Knob - Area at Graves Ln and Hwy 1389
- St. Raphael
- Stringtown
- Thompsonville
- Whalen
- Wolf Hill