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Stringtown, Kentucky

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Stringtown, Kentucky
Type Former community
County Daviess County
State Kentucky
Described 1875
Location 12 miles south of Owensboro on the Owensboro and Calhoun Road

Stringtown was a community in Daviess County, Kentucky, located about twelve miles south of Owensboro on the Owensboro and Calhoun Road, on both sides of Wolf Creek.

Businesses

In 1875 the town included two dry good houses, one blacksmith shop and two grocery houses. The Templars were building a large hall and planned to have it done in four years. They were meeting every night and twice on Sunday night at Mr. Goodwin’s grocery.

Soapstone Mine

Citizens were organizing a company to work a recently discovered soapstone mine. They felt they had great mineral wealth with this discovery.