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Scuffletown is a ghost town in Henderson County on the northern border of the western part of the U.S. state of Kentucky.Located on the Ohio River just above the mouth of Green River, it was a city for barely 100 years, but is well known in the area because of the activities there during the American Civil War and its rough reputation.
This is an incomplete list of ghost towns in Kentucky. Main Street, Paradise, Kentucky in 1898. Airdrie; Barthell; Bells Mines; Blue Heron; Bon Jellico; Burgess ...
The ghost town is located about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) east of Sweeden, or about 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of the county seat of Brownsville. [2] It was once a referred to as a “company town” along the Nolin River during much of the first half of the 20th century, but the industrial town was disincorporated in 1966, about nine years ...
Sodom is a ghost town in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States. Sodom was located a few hundred yards downstream from Fishers Mill road were there was a covered bridge, built in 1810 and replaced in 1947. [2] [3] The town was established in 1825 by George and James
Chaumont is a ghost town in far eastern Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States. [1] Located on the county's eastern boundary with Barren County , it was one of several communities that dissolved for their area to become a portion of Mammoth Cave National Park .
Packard is a ghost town in Whitley County, Kentucky, United States. Packard was located 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Williamsburg. It was founded as a mining camp by the Thomas B. Mahan family around 1900. Packard's population is thought to have reached at one point nearly 400 residents. [2]
[5] In the 1950s Alcoa purchased nearly 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) of land, one of the largest privately owned parcels in Kentucky, in Crittenden County, Kentucky and Union County, Kentucky, including much of the Bells Mines community, presumably to acquire a coal reserve and build a smelter in the area. This action served as the final catalyst ...
By 1856, the incorporated town had 200 residents but the project failed by 1857 due to the Scots not being familiar with American ore and ironwork practices. In 1866 Don Carlos Buell, a Civil War general, bought part of the land to prospect for oil but was unsuccessful leading to the town's eventual abandonment. The furnace stack and other ...