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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.
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 Historic District: Sulphur Well Historic District: August 14, 1998 : Roughly bounded by Wister Wallace Rd., the southern fork of the Little Barren River, Mitchell-Edwards Rd., and Kentucky Route 70: Sulphur Well
The county was founded in May 1860 and named for Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of Kentucky from 1828 to 1832. [2] [3] Metcalfe County is part of the Glasgow, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Bowling Green-Glasgow, KY Combined Statistical Area.
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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]
KY 218 goes through a small sliver of the northernmost portion of Metcalfe County, and it intersects KY 314 while doing so. It enters Green County, crosses the Little Barren River, and reaches its end at Exie, where it meets the intersection with US 68 during that route's concurrency with Kentucky Route 70 from Sulphur Well all the way to Greensburg and Campbellsville.