Poplar Springs Baptist Church During the growing years of 1916 -1918 the Dry Ridge community was rapidly growing. Families such as the Pittmans, Weddles, Roys, Yadens,Penningtons,Lanes,Gossers,Hastes,Wilsons,Clements,Gilpins and Passmores decided to meet together in groves to worship the Lord. In 1921 , the residents decided to start the building of a Baptist church. Oscar Pittman donated the land for the church to be built on and and also the ground for public buring. The men within the community donated logs and their time to build the one-room, weatherboard building. The bell, which still hangs inside the church, was donated by the Clear Branch Church at Gilpin on KY 501. The church was organizied on Sept.25, 1921, with 16 people.The group called the church Poplar Springs because of a spring close by that was surrounded by poplar trees. In 1954, a new brick church was built to replace the old one that had been badly damaged and torn down due to a storm. An addition of Sunday school rooms and a basement was made in 1972. Just recently, a new addition to the front of the church was completed. The church has a membership of around 200. Some of the later pastors were T.M. Browning, Dan Flannery, Delbert Newsone, George P. Anderson, Shirly Carman and Doug Wesley.C.B. Carman is the current pastor.