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Salt Lick is located at the intersection of US 60 and KY 211 beside the Licking River. It is part of the Mount Sterling micropolitan area . According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 0.77 square miles (2.0 km 2 ), of which 0.008 square miles (0.02 km 2 ), or 1.15%, is water.
2.6 miles (4.2 km) south of Owingsville on Kentucky Route 36: Owingsville: 2: Confederate Monument in Owingsville: Confederate Monument in Owingsville: July 17, 1997 : East of Owingsville, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of U.S. Route 60
Eventually, the salt lick went out of business, as it was not as big as other nearby salt licks, such as Bullitt's Lick, and steamboats brought cheaper salt to Louisville. By 1830 the population and salt had dwindled, and by 1890 a change in Kentucky's constitution caused Newtown to officially dissolve. [6]
A Kentucky judge whom authorities said was fatally shot by a sheriff last week was remembered Sunday as a pioneer who fought against opioid addiction and favored treatment over jail for low-level ...
Bullitt's Lick is a historic salt lick 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Shepherdsville in Bullitt County, Kentucky. It was the first commercial supplier of salt in Kentucky, and the first industry in Kentucky as well, supplying jobs for many residents but also using slaves.
Bath County was established in 1811 from land given by Montgomery County, Kentucky. Its name is derived from natural springs said to have medicinal qualities. The courthouse in Owingsville was destroyed by an accidental fire caused by Union troops during the American Civil War in 1864. [4] It is the site of the Kentucky Meat Shower. From 11 a.m ...
Big Bone Lick settlement shown in 1785 on a map of the Wilderness Road in Kentucky and Tennessee. Big Bone is an unincorporated community in southern Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It is bounded on the west by the Ohio River, and Rabbit Hash, on the south by Big Bone Creek, which empties into the river at Big Bone Landing.
Stephen Trigg (c. 1744 – August 19, 1782) was an American pioneer and soldier from Virginia.He was killed ten months after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown in one of the last battles of the American Revolution while leading the Lincoln County militia at the Battle of Blue Licks, Kentucky.