The first settlers were J.L. Britt, Eli Stewart and S.E. Hart who settled in the year 1837. None of the first buildings are still standing, but some of the logs used on the Stewart settlement are still in use on the farm of Mr. Marion Stewart.

A Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organize din 1837. It now has a membership of 75, with the Ladies Aid as an active church organization.

The people buy their groceries at Lexington and from Clellon McCormick, the store on wheels. The community is served by two rural mail carriers, F. Goff and Connie Sullivan.

A subscription was first organized in 1840. In 1917 a one room frame building was erected which burned in 1937. The present school is a two room frame building with two teachers; Mr. J.L. Fesmire and Mrs. Mildred Fesmire with 65 pupils. The school is aided in its work by an active Parent Teacher Association.