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Parksville is a small unincorporated community on the Chaplin River in south central Boyle County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the eastern end of Ky Route 300, where it intersects with Ky Route 34, near the US Post Office. The global position of Parksville is 37.597N latitude and -84.891W longitude.
Crossing of Norfolk Southern railroad line and Mocks Branch 37°41′54″N 84°46′48″W / 37.698333°N 84.78°W / 37.698333; -84.78 ( Cincinnati Southern Railroad Culvert Danville
KY 2541 Bridge: 1884 ... Parksville Boyle: stone bridge Switzer Covered Bridge ... Tank Pond Railroad Underpass: 1915 1998-04-09 Mitchellsburg
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [3] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [4]
Mammoth Cave Railroad 1874 1931 N/A Maysville and Big Sandy Railroad: C&O: 1850 1904 Chesapeake and Ohio Railway of Kentucky: Maysville and Lexington Railroad: L&N: 1850 1856 Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Northern Division Maysville and Lexington Railroad, Southern Division Maysville and Lexington Railroad, North Division: L&N: 1876 1921
The first Bowling Green railroad depot was built in 1858 prior to the L&N's rails reaching Bowling Green. The rail line from Nashville reached Bowling Green on August 10, 1859. The line between Louisville and Nashville was complete on October 18, 1859, and was celebrated by 10,000 Nashvillians. [2]
Its first line extended barely south of Louisville, Kentucky, and it took until 1859 to span the 180-odd miles (290 km) to its second namesake city of Nashville.There were about 250 miles (400 km) of track in the system by the outbreak of the Civil War, and its strategic location, spanning the Union/Confederate lines, made it of great interest to both governments.
Constructed by The Covington and Lexington Railroad Company, Covington to Paris, Ky., 1856. 78.00 Constructed by the Kentucky Central Railroad Company, Paris to Richmond, Ky., and Fort Estill Junction to Sinks, Ky., 1883. 68.58 146.58