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Welcome to Blue Lick ...

Although we found mention of Blue Lick during our research, we have little information about it.<1> Given the context of how Blue Lick was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Blue Lick to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Blue Lick, please Contact Us.


The location of Blue Lick has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


Blue Lick is 1,000 feet [305 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Blue Lick might be (or was) located is in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel west from Blue Lick, you will leave Eastern Time and cross into the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT).

We believe that Blue Lick would be found within the (606) area code.

Communities Also Named Blue Lick ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Blue Lick - they are located in Indiana, Missouri and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Blue Lick.

Communities near Blue Lick ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Blue Lick.

  • Danville
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Lancaster
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Lancaster have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lancaster
    • Lancaster is located in Garrard County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,840 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lancaster <4>
  • Stanford
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Junction City
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Junction City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Junction City
    • Junction City is located in Boyle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,338 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Junction City <4>
  • Liberty
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Brodhead
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brodhead have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brodhead
    • Brodhead is located in Rockcastle County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,185 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Brodhead <4>
  • Burgin
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Crab Orchard
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Crab Orchard have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crab Orchard
    • Crab Orchard is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 822 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crab Orchard <4>
  • Perryville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Hustonville
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hustonville have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hustonville
    • Hustonville is located in Lincoln County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 368 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hustonville <4>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Blue Lick. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Blue Lick.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Blue Lick. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Blue Lick.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Blue Lick. See our Newspapers Page for Blue Lick.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Blue Lick ...

Looking for more information about Blue Lick? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Blue Lick, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Blue Lick.

The official website for State of Kentucky: https://kentucky.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went north past Blue Lick and then turned west". While Blue Lick could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Blue Lick as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Bird Creek to see Pete ... Bird Creek is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Blue Lick could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Blue Lick - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.




 

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