Way back when, in the early dates of this weekly posts, I was running a series of the towns in KY with a little history on each one, other names they were known by, etc. I have had a LOT of requests to continue this series and so will be interspersing them again with other posts. BURLINGTON. Boone Co, county seat. On KY 18 and 338. It was also known, in 1799, as Craig's Camp, on land donated by John H. CRAIG and Robert JOHNSON. It was then called Wilmington. A Post office established in 1807, John LOVE, post master. Renamed in 1816 to Burlington. BURNA: Livingston Co. Located on the junction of US 60 and KY 135, 7 miles NNE of Smithland. Supposedly founded by John STEEL about 1890; may have also been called Tail Holt. Burna PHILLIPS was the daughter of Grant PHILLIPS and caused the name of the town or other variations. Post office established in 1906 with William C FORT, post master. BURNAUGH: Boyd Co. On US 23, 9 miles south of Catlettsburg. May have been named this for the nearby Burgess Station and the Kavenaugh PO. BURNETT SPRING P.O.: Trigg County. See Roaring Spring. BURNING FORK: Magoffin Co. Jct of KY 114 and 1888, 2 miles east of Salyersville. Named for a buring spring. Post Office opened 1928, Roy M. CAIN, post master. BURNING SPRING PO: Magoffin Co. See Burning Fork and Salyersville. BURNING SPRINGS: Clay Co. On US421and the Burning Springs Fork of Bray Creek, 6 ½ miles NNW of Manchester. Named for the natural gas found there. Post Office opened 1888; Lafayette M. RAWLINGS moved the old Napier Post Office there and renamed it. Post Office closed in 1965. BURNSIDE: Pulaski Co. 3 ½ miles south of Somerset. BURNSIDE's Union Army stationed here. Post Office was opened in 1877 and town called Port Isabel. Henry BEATY, post master. Renamed the following year. BURNT TAVERN PO: Garrard Co. See Bryantsville. BURTON PO: Lewis Co. See Burtonville. BURTONSVILLE PO: Daviess Co. See Whitesville. BURTONVILLE: Lewis Co. Junciton of KY 989 and 1237, 14 miles SW of Vanceburg. Also known as Equalization pre Civil War times. Post Office opened 1878, William B. BURRIS, post master; closed 1958. BUSH: Laurel Co. On KY 80, was first known as Bush's Store in 1840; named for George A BUSH, first postmaster, renamed Bush in 1894. BUSH BRANCH PO: Breathitt Co. See Altro. BUSH'S STORE: Laurel Co. See Bush. BUSKIRK: Morgan Co. Also known as Morgan. Junction KY 205 and 844, 8 miles SSW of West Liverty. Post Office opned 1925, named for Thomas J. BUSKIRK. BUSKIRK's: Johnson Co. See Thelma. BUTLER: Fleming Co. See Plummer's Landing. BUTLER: Fleming Co. On KY 177and the Licking River, 7miles north of Falmouth. Known originally as Fourth Lock for the lock and dam. Then called Clayton. BUTLER COURT HOUSE PO: Butler Co. See Morgantown. BUTLER STATION: Pendleton Co. See Butler. BUTTERFLY: Perry Co. 4 miles NW of Hazard. Post Office opened 1920, Mose C. FELTNER, post master. Supposed to have been named for the large amount of butterflies found there. BUTLER POINT: Adair Co. See Gadberry. BUTTONSBERRY: McLean Co. On KY 18, 7 ½ miles or so southeast of Calhoun. Supposedlynamed by Alva KARNES when he saw a button in a berry patch. BUZZARD ROOST: Nicholas Co. See Sprout. BYBEE: Madison Co. 8 miles east of Richmond on KY52. Eli CORNELISON, 1845, made pottery here. Post office opened 1902 with Matt T BYBEE post master. BYPRO: Floyd Co. Junction of KY 122 and 306. May have been earlier called Briar Bottom. Post office opened 1926, Roy E. WEBB, post master. CACEY'S STATION: Fulton. See Cayce. CADENTOWN: Fayette Co. 1 ½ miles east of Lexington area on Libertyand Todd's Road. Capt. John STARKS bought land here, he a Revolutionary War veteran. Another veteran, Owen CADEN lived here also, town named for him. CADIZ: Trigg Co. By the Little River and on US68-KY80. Begun in 1820 on land given by Robert BAKER, county seat. Post Office begun in 1821, James H. HADEN, Post mster. CAINS STORE: Pulaski Co. Junction KY 80 and 837, 12 miles west of Somerset. Post Office has been relocated 3 times - originally established in 1863 with Christopher C. GOSSETT postmaster, named for Smith CAIN, local landowner. In the mid 1930's moved about 3 miles away just west of the head of Wolf Creek. In 1960 moved again about a mile west on KY 80. Locally known as Caintown. CAIRO: Henderson Co. No post office now, runs along US 41A, 6 ½ miles SSW of Henderson. Alert G. WALKER supposedly named the town in 1840, but the government didn't like his chosen name. He renamed it, said not to be named for Cairo, IL CALABOOSE/CALLABOOSE: Wolfe Co. No current post office, 3 miles north of Campton. May have been named for calaboo (Spanish) for a "place of detention." Post office opened 1909 and was known as Hardeman, likely for George W HARDEMAN, first post master. Renamed in 1911 as Calaboose. CALDWELL PO: Marshall Co. See Altona. CALDWELL'S STORE: Anderson Co. See Ballard. CALEAST: Madison Co. No post office, former post office was on KY 52, 3 miles south of Richmond. Likely named for its first postmaster, Calvin EAST. CALEDONIA: Boone Co. See Petersburg. CALHOUN: McLean Co. On the banks of the Green River. The town likely laid out by Henry RHOADS and named the town Rhoadsville. In 1785, his brother, Solomon RHOADS built a fort here. Town re-named for Fort Vienna, possibly by John HANLEY who bought Rhoads' land. Also known as Calhoun in 1849, William H WILLIAMS, post master; named for John CALHOON, a local judge. Sources: Kentucky Place Names by Robert M. Rennick, various web sites, KY history books, etc. To be continued. (c) Copyright 7 Sept 2000, Sandra K. Gorin, All Rights Reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com Col. 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