These extracts are from R.L. Polk & Co.'s Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory for 1895-1896. I will try to send a few communities each day until I have completed all of them. These are exact extracts. There is no other information given. AVERY. In Owen county, 12 miles from Owenton, the judicial seat and banking point, and 9 from Turner, the nearest shipping point. D.S. Adams, postmaster and farmer. _____ BALLS LANDING. On the Kentucky river, in Owen county, 11 ½ miles west of Owenton, the judicial seat and banking point. Stage tri-weekly to Owenton. Population, 300. Edna Doyle, postmaster. Cox, L.O., railroad agt. Doan, John A., carpenter Doyle, Ollie, Milliner and Dressmaker. Giles & Goodrich, general store House, James, flour mill Hunter, Thomas, hotel King, Isaac, blacksmith Minor, O.P., livestock Snodgrass, J.S., general store Snodgrass, Wm., carpenter Veal, S.A., physician _____ BEECHWOOD. In Owen county, 13 ½ miles southeast of Owenton, the judicial seat and nearest banking point, and about the same distance from Sadieville, the nearest shipping point. Watson, D.B., general store _____ BETHANY. In Owen county, 13 ½ miles southeast of Owenton, the seat of justice and banking point. Ship to Corinth, 13 miles east. Population 40. Mail daily. Bethany Supply Store Carlton, R.E., general store Lucas, J.P., general store Parker, J.R., blacksmith _____ BRECK. In Owen county, 7 ½ miles east of Owenton, the county seat and nearest bank location. Corinth, 15 miles east is the nearest shipping point. Eugene Jones, postmaster and general store. _____ Jackie Couture