Do you know of Red Lick ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Red Lick. 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 Red Lick.

Our sources for Red Lick (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 Red Lick other than they indicate that Red Lick would be found somewhere in Metcalfe County, Kentucky.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1876 and closed  in 1935.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Red Lick ...

We found two communities that share the name Red Lick.

Within Kentucky, the name Red Lick is unique.

Beyond Kentucky, we know of another two communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Mississippi
    • Jefferson County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Mississippi community of Red Lick [Jefferson County].
  • Texas
    • Bowie County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Red Lick [Bowie County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Red Lick ...

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

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

George#&160;F. Cram Map (1905)
Published by George F. Cram& Co.

More Orphans in  Metcalfe 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 Metcalfe County.