Do you know of Blue Lick Springs ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Blue Lick Springs. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Blue Lick Springs.<1>

Our sources for Blue Lick Springs (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Blue Lick Springs other than they indicate that Blue Lick Springs would be found somewhere in Nicholas County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1850 and closed  in 1919.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Blue Lick Springs ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Blue Lick Springs:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Blue Lick Springs - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

List of Post Offices in the United States (1870)
Published by the Government Printing Office

Table of U.S. Post Offices in the United States (Jan. 1851)
Published by W. & J.C. Greer, Printers

The FIPS database contains an entry for Blue Lick Springs.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 21/07822   (Place Name: Blue Lick Springs)

County: Nicholas     (FIPS State/County: 21/181      Count/Seq: 02/01)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Blue Lick Springs) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Nicholas County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Nicholas County.