Historic Map - Paris, KY - 1870
Description
View of Paris, Bourbon County, K.Y., 1870 / drawn & published by A. Ruger.
This bird’s-eye view print of Paris, Kentucky was drawn and published by Albert Ruger in 1870. Paris was established in the late 1700's along the Stoner Fork of the Licking River.
Paris became the southern terminus of the Maysville & Lexington Railroad’s Northern Division and was a major shipping center for the Kentucky Central Railroad along its route from Covington to Nicholasville.
Its population in 1870 was 2,867. The Bourbon County Court House, built in the late 1790's, was destroyed by fire two years after this map’s publishing.
The image, looking south east, includes labeled streets, bridges, buildings and railroad routes.
Features references to the following locations:
Court House.
County Jail.
City School.
Gas Works.
KY. C. R. R. Depot.
Race Course.
I. O. O. F. Hall.
Post Office.
“Chicken Cock” Distillery.
Thomas Lumber Yards.
Paris Mills.
Baptist Church.
Christian Church.
Episcopal Church.
Methodist S. Church.
G. A. Presbyterian Church.
S. G. A. Presbyterian Church.
R. Catholic Church.
African Baptist Church.
African Methodist Church.
African Christian Church.
Materials
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- Ready to hang with included easy-to-use hanging kit.