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The Sulphur Well Historic District is an 81 acres (33 ha) historic district in Sulphur Well, Kentucky which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [ 1 ] It is roughly bounded by Wister Wallace Road, the southern fork of the Little Barren River , Mitchell-Edwards Road, and Kentucky Route 70 .
Sulphur Well is named for a vein of mineral water a local landowner discovered while drilling for salt before the American Civil War. The landowner then began operating a hotel near the mineral well, and a village grew up in the area. By 1878, the community had a school, and a post office was established on July 30, 1879.
It is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen on a map. [1] There are 5 properties listed on the National Register in the ...
English: This is a locator map showing Metcalfe County in Kentucky. For more information, see Commons: ... Sulphur Well, Kentucky; Summer Shade, Kentucky;
Metcalfe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.Its county seat and only municipality is Edmonton. [1] The county was founded in May 1860 and named for Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of Kentucky from 1828 to 1832.
KY 70 between Griderville and Greensburg was rerouted to its current alignment via Hiseville and Sulphur Well no later than 1936. At Dycusburg, KY 70 connected from Livingston County into southern Crittenden County via a ferry crossing on the Cumberland River. Ferry service in Dycusburg was discontinued in 1951. [4] [5] [39] [40]
Kentucky Route 218 begins at the unincorporated Hart County community of Northtown west of Interstate 65 (I-65). It is the beginning of state maintenance as the main road west of Northtown is actually a locally maintained road (Flint Ridge Road) that leads to the Mammoth Cave National Park, and would provide a direct route to the park's visitor center in Edmonson County. [2]
KY 70 west (Sulphur Well-Knob Lick Road) – Cave City: Western end of KY 70 concurrency 199.688: 321.367: KY 745 south (Mill Ridge Road) Northern terminus of KY 745: Green 201.279: 323.927: KY 729 north (Little Barren Road) Southern terminus of KY 729: Exie: 205.429: 330.606: KY 487 north (Mell Road) Southern terminus of KY 487 206.952: 333.057