TIP #128 - FERRY OR LANDINGS - LICKING, GREEN, BIG SANDY & RAILROAD DEPOTS LICKING RIVER: The mouth of the Licking River is at Covington, KY in Kenton Co. Mileages will be shown as distances from the mouth to that particular port/ferry. Falmouth in Pendleton Co, 51 ¾ miles Claysville in Harrison Co, 77 ¾ miles Panther Creek, Harrison Co, 91 ½ miles Lower Blue Licks, Nicholas Co, 98 miles Fleming Creek, Fleming County, 107 miles. Sherburn, Fleming, 127 ¼ miles. Ringo's Mill, Fleming, 140 ½ miles. Mouth of Slate Creek, Bath Co, 145 miles. Ile's Mill, Bath Co, 163 ¼ miles. Gill's Mill, Bath, 182 miles Beaver Creek, Bath, 192 ¼ miles. Blackwater Creek, Bath, 212 miles. McClure's Mill, Bath, 225 miles. West Liberty, Morgan Co, 231 miles. GREEN RIVER. Mouth of the river (not shown) is mile zero. Following distances are from the previous location. No counties are shown. Spottsville, 8 Mason's Landing, 8 Burk's Mill, 6 Calhoun's Ferry, 4 Cardsville, 3 Harreldson's Landing, 7 Bottom's Landing, 4 Steamport, 7 Wrightsburg or Payne's Landing, 5 Ashleyburg, 5 Rumsey or Calhoon, 10 Livermore, 8 Point Pleasant, 3 South Carrollton, 9 Lewisburg,, 2 Ceralvo, 6 Airdrie works, 7 Paradise, 1 Rockhester, Skybville, 9 Cromwell, 2 Logansport, 4 Clarks' Ferry, 12 Morgantown, 2 Woodburn, 5 Clark's Landing, 5 Greencastle and Warrenton, 11 Bowling Green, 15 Graham's Landing, 4 BIG SANDY RIVER Mouth of Big Sandy is at Cattlettsburg which is shown as 0 miles. Other distances are from the mouth. Big Blaine Creek, 22 Louisa, 27 Five Mile Shoal, 31 George's Creek, 42 Paint Creek, 67 Prestonburg, 80 Beaver Creek 91 Pikeville, 116 In 1874, these were the railroad depots in the various counties: KENTUCKY CENTRAL: Ran from Covington (Kenton Co) to Lexington (Fayette Co). Distances shown between stations. It appears it also went into Jessamine County. South Covington, Kenton, 2 ½ miles. DeCoursey, Kenton, 2 ¾ miles Culbertson, Kenton, 1 ¾ miles. Grant, Kenton, 3 miles Ryland, Kenton, 2 ¼ miles. Canton, Kenton, 2 miles. Benton, Kenton, 3 ¾ miles. Mullins, Kenton, 2 ½ miles. DeMossville, Kenton, 4 miles. Butler, Pendleton, 3 1/3 miles Meridian, Pendleton, 1 mile. Boston, Pendleton, 1 ½ miles. Irving, Pendleton, 1 ½ miles. Catawba, Pendleton, 3 miles. Falmouth, Pendleton, 4 miles Livingwood, Pendleton, 4 ¼ miles. Morgan, Pendleton, 3 ¼ miles. Boyd, Harrison Co, 4 ¼ miles. Berry's, Harrison, 2 ½ miles. Robinson, Harrison, 3 ¼ miles. Garnett, Harrison, 2 ½ miles. Poindexter, Harrison, 1 ½ miles. Cynthiana, Hararison, 1 ½ miles. Lair, Harrison, 5 miles. Lair, Harrison, 3 ½ miles. Shawhan, Bourbon Co, 3 ¾ miles Kiser, Bourbon, 1 ½ miles. Talbott, Bourbon, 2 ¼ miles Paris, Bourbon, 3 ½ miles. Wright, Bourbon, 2 ¾ miles. Huston, Bourbon, 2 miles. Hutchison, Bourbon, 3 miles. Lowe, Bourbon, 2 ¾ miles. Bryan, Fayette Co, 2 ¾ miles. Duncan, Fayette, 3 miles. Lexington, Fayette, 2 ¾ miles. McLear, Fayette, 5 miles Providence, Jessamine Co, 2 miles Catnip Hill, Jessamine, 2 miles. Hill Dale, Jessamine, 2 miles. Nicholasville, Jessamine, 2 miles. MAYSVILLE & LEXINGTON RR: Ran Maysville to Paris. Summitt, Mason, 4 Clark, 7 Marshall, 8 Mill Creek, 11 Helena, 13 Johnson, Fleming Co, 16 Bruce, 17 Elizaville, 18 Ewing, 20 Cowan, 22 Licking, Nicholas Co, 26 Myers, 28 Carlisle, 33 Miller's, 36 Millersburg, Bourbon Co, 41 New Forest, 46 Paris, 50 © Copyright 3 March 1998, Sandra K. Gorin, All rights reserved. sgorin@glasgow-ky.com >>}}}0>> <<0{{{<< Sandi Gorin - 205 Clements Ave., Glasgow, KY 42141-3409 502-651-9114 - sgorin@glasgow-ky.com GORIN GEN PUB: http://members.tripod.com/~GorinS/index.html KYRESEARCH ON THE WEB: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwqury/Ky/Tips/index.cgi PAST KYBIOS FROM MY E-MAIL LIST: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwqury/Ky/Bios/index.cgi ------------------------------