Way We Were: WHERE IN ANDERSON COUNTY IS ________? Part II

Wyatt Shely, who wrote a weekly column called “Our Heritage” in the 1960s and 1970s, was asked by some men making a survey of Kentucky place names in 1971  to help compile some information about some of Anderson County’s place names.
Mr. Shely was the resident historian at that time and wrote many columns about the family names found in Anderson County and how they came to be here.
There are about 65 places that he came up with, some you may have heard and others you may not. The first 43 appeared in Monday’s special edition of The Anderson News that went to all the mail boxes in Anderson County, Mt. Eden, Waddy and Salvisa.
Here are the rest of them.

Photo furnished

not in city limits This aerial photo by the late Leon Thornberry shows the intersection of Highway 62 and 127 Bypass in the late 1970s to early ’80s. At top left is the Anderson County High School campus, which was in the Lawrenceburg city limits. Everything else, including the fairgrounds, was in the county. Bottom left is the old IGA Foodliner and Connie Drury’s Used Cars, which later became the Wells Used Car Lot owned by Jackie Wells. Griffith Hardware and Redi-Mart are now located in that corner. West of there was Leon Hawkins Meat Processing, and then a Stratton residence. At top right is the American Legion Fairgrounds show ring and ball fields. The swimming pool is hidden by trees. Between the Fairgrounds and the intersection was a small field rock building and a farm owned by Richard Case, where West Park Shopping Center is now. At the bottom right is a building that at one time was Country Kitchen Restaurant and later The Pancake House. It later became The Anderson National Bank branch, now Town and Country. West of that is Jenkins Chevrolet, owned by Gordon Jenkins. It is now Ace Hardware. To the west of that is farm owned by Amos Rogers.

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Wyatt Shely, local historian and educator, wrote “Our Heritage” column for The Anderson News for many years.

44 — POWELL TAYLOR ROAD COMMUNITY — Located between U.S. 62 and Highway 44, west of Lawrenceburg. The community and road were named for Powell Taylor, prominent landowner and businessman and county judge 1917-1925.

45 — BUNTAIN SCHOOL — School and neighborhood located 14 miles west of Lawrenceburg of U S 62 on Buntain School House Road. It was named for early settler, John T. Buntain.

46 — BUNTAIN GRAVEYARD —Located on farm west of Glensboro Road. Several Buntains buried there including James Buntain (1793-1870) and wife Lucinda (1799-1857) John T. Buntain (1821-?) and wife, Catherine K. (1828-1892).

47 — LITTLE PAGE GRAVEYARD — Located on Hammond Creek a short distance north of Highway 44 on Hammond Creek Road. Named for James S. Little Page family. The earliest grave is of Dorethea, wife of Js. Littlepage (1787-1859)

48 — SALT RIVER — Neighborhood located four miles south of Lawrenceburg. Rev. John Penney organized the church in 1798. The present building was built in 1842. No congregation. Named for its location by Pastor Penney (1756-1833)

49 — SHARP’S BRANCH — A tributary of Kentucky River located four miles west of Lawrenceburg. It was named for early settler, Abraham Sharp, revolutionary soldier, born in Bedford County, Va. He died in 1854. The Sharp family operated Sharp’s Ferry for many years.

50 — HICKORY GROVE COMMUNTY — Community and school located eight miles west of town on U.S. 62. Several school names were chosen because of the abundance of a particular tree. Such as Cedar Grove, Locust Grove and Hickory Grove.

51 — YOUNG SCHOOL — Discontinued, it is now remodeled and owned by Ballard Baptist Church. The school was located 10 miles southwest of Lawrenceburg near Blue Grass Parkway. Land for the school was sold for $1 by David Disponett and named Young, maiden name of Disponett’s wife.

52 — BALLARD BAPTIST CHURCH — Organized in 1957, it took its name from the community where the meeting house is located. It’s located 10 miles southwest of Lawrenceburg.

53 — BALLARD COMMUNITY — Around since 1850, it probably was named for William Ballard, first because of the name to appear on census rolls of Anderson County and whose farm was but a short distance from present Ballard. Caldwell’s Store housed the post office beginning in 1866 and was often referred to as Ballard.

54 — CALDWELL’S STORE  — A community near Ballard, established in 1866 by Ben Caldwell, store-keeper and postmaster.

55 — BUSEY (BUCY, BUCEY) CEMETERY — Located 10 miles west of Lawrenceburg on Highway 44 near Glensboro. It was named for land-holder John Busey (1771-1863), wife. Martha (1770-1860). Other early Buseys buried there include John (1810-1879) and wife, Elizabeth (1821-1870).

56 — BELL GRAVEYARD — Is one-half mile north of Nevin’s Station. It’s named for James Madison Bell (1814-1890), wife, Martha Ann Penney (1817-1881). It’s formerly known as Penney Cemetery, with the earliest birth date being that of Mary Penney, 1793.

57 — BICKERS CEMETERY — Is nine miles from Lawrenceburg on Paxton Road. It was named for John W. Bickers (1808-1887) and wife, Emily, (1816-1880).

58 — BLACKWELL CEMETERY — Was named for Revolutionary War soldier from Hanover County, Va. (1766-1857).

59 — BOND CEMETERY — Is located two miles southeast of Lawrenceburg, near the old home of Revolutionary soldier William Bond. Graves include John Bond (1790-1842) and Mary Bond (1795-1825), and Sarah Bond (1802-1869).

60 — BOSTON CEMETERY — is near Luther Baxter home on Goshen Road, eight miles west of town. Named for J. Boston (1826-1872), is it sometimes known as Hackley Cemetery.

61 — BRUNER CEMETERY — Located off Fox Creek – Anderson City Road around two miles from Glensboro on a farm owned by Sam Bruner. It is frequently known as the Brown Cemetery because of it being the burial place of well-known Home Guard, Capt. Lorenzo D. Brown (1829-1900).

62 — PLEASANT VALLEY METHODIST CHURCH — Extinct on Salt River was 16 miles west of Lawrenceburg. It was reorganized and relocated 1889, having earlier been located in Camden and first organized in a log building on Pleasant Ridge.

63 — PENNEY’S CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH — located about 18 miles west of Lawrenceburg. The first congregation of Primitive Baptists met in a log building erected by descendants of Revolutionary soldier and preacher, John Penney. Methodists in the area by 1880s were gaining strength and secured use of building. The log meeting place was replaced in 1893. The church burned in 1963 but was soon rebuilt.

64 — BLACKBURN BRIDGE — Crossing Kentucky River at the Anderson/Woodford line, four miles east of Lawrenceburg. It was built in 1932 and named for Joe C.S. Blackburn, native of Woodford County, prominent in Ky. politics for many years and one-time U.S. Senator.

65 — YOUNG’S HIGH BRIDGE — (RAILROAD) Crossing Ky. River near Tyrone and in sight of Blackburn Bridge. An engineering feat erected in 1888 and named for Col. Bennett H. Young, who was in charge of building the first railroad in Anderson County (1888).