PINK NEIGHBORHOOD Submitted to "Jessamine County, 1798 - 1993" by Dorothy Dean Hager Pink is located about 8 miles southeast of Nicholasville and is sometimes referred to as Hickman. On June 24, 1887, a post office was established at Pink. It was 1 1/2 miles from the Little Hickman Post Office, and was on the headwater of Little Hickman Creek. It was given the name of Pink. The postmaster was John Pink Overstreet for whom it was named. There was a school nearby known as Little Hickman School. This school was on Little Hickman Creek and was in the corner of the Little Hickman Christian Church yard. Needless to say, Little Hickman Christian Church was close. A story passed down is that the creek often flooded the school after a big rain. The old frame schoolhouse burned on March 29, 1894. Miss Rhoda Peel taught a subscription school there. The fire was caused by a defective flue. However, Dean and Carter were listed in the Jessamine Journal on Aug. 10, 1894, as having rebuilt the schoolhouse. A teacher, Prof. Sam C. Dean, in Aug. 1899, was listed as having about 85 pupils at Little HIckman and it was one of the largest schools in the county. Later, a two-room new school was built on top of the hill from the old school. It was used several years before it was consolidated. Today all county children are transported by school bus to larger schools in or near Nicholasville. For many years there has been a store at Pink. Former owners include W. B. Teater, Everett Dean, Walden Dean, Clevert and Nancy Gayhart. The present owner is Harry Montgomery. Voting precinct #9 is located at Pink. It is called Plaquemine.