Towns in Breckinridge County Kentucky

Addison Ammons Askin Axtel Basin Spring Bewleyville Big Spring Buras Cannons Point Cave Spring Centerview Chenaultt Clifton Mills Cloverport Cobblers Knob Codyville Constantine Corners Custer Dempster Dyer Fairfield Falls of Rough Fisher Frymire Garfield Glen Dean Graysville Hardinsburg Hardinsburg, County seat of Breckinridge County, originally a station erected by Captain Hardin; laid out as a town in 1782. Source: "History of Kentucky", 1922 Hardinsburg, 73.6 m. (715 alt., 805 pop.), seat of Breckinridge County, came into existence in 1780 as a fort built by Capt. William Hardin, soldier and frontiersman, who was known to the Indians as "Big Bill." Breckinridge County was formed in 1799, and named in honor of John Breckinridge, United States Senator (1801-05) and Attorney General of the United States (1805-06). In recent years and town has become the headquarters of four firms that contract with the women for the manufacture of robes, quilts, comforters, novelties, and other objects decorated with fine needlework. This is largely a cottage  industry resembling that of the pre-factory days in England. Though the returns from the work are low and the women are not paid for the time spent carrying their work to and from the office or waiting for inspection of their handicraft, there is no difficulty in finding workers on the surrounding farms where cash incomes are low. The beautiful articles retail at very high prices. Kentucky: a guide to the Bluegrass State, 1939 Harned Hensley High Plains High Plains Corner Hinton Hills Holt Horn Back Mill Hudson Irvington Kingswood Kirk Locust Hill Lodiburg Madrid Manning Crossing Mattingly McCoy McDaniels McQuady Mook Mooleyville Mystic Raymond Rockvale Roff Rosetta Sample Se Ree Stephensport Stinnettsville Tar Fork Union Star Vanzant Webster Westview Woodrow

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