Comments on: Lick Towns

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 02:57:18 +0000

LOL….am in Kentucky on a trip and was curious about all the licks and found your article …..thanks for the lesson on licks….loving it

By: LEE

LEE — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:42:17 +0000

Much of the soil in the south has salt mixed into it. Animals would come and lick the salt from the ground, so people called these places “licks”….

By: zack

zack — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:58:32 +0000

What about sugartit Kentucky?

By: Lowell

Lowell — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 14:32:53 +0000

My father in law and mother in law were both born in the Big Lick “holler” southeast of Salyersville, Magoffin County, Kentucky.

By: Krysten Lover

Krysten Lover — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:38:51 +0000

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By: Jonathan D.R.

Jonathan D.R. — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:39:23 +0000

Thanks Jan. I added yours to the list but I omitted the lick roads cause, well… you know why. But that does give me an idea. I bet there are far more Lick Roads then there are Lick Towns. Sounds like the beginning of a new article for me. Thanks again.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:11:57 +0000

In KY, there is Red Lick Rd, Elk Lick, Blue Lick Rd, Slate Lick, Bullitt Lick, Salt Lick and Sand Lick. These i know of and I am not even from here…just moved here

By: susan

susan — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:38:20 +0000

My great, great, great-grandfather & his sons started the Lick Fork (KY) Baptist Church. I wonder if it’s still active?

By: Joel M

Joel M — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:39:50 +0000

There is also a Lickdale in Pennsylvania north of Lebanon,PA

By: Dr. Dotty Heady

Dr. Dotty Heady — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:18:09 +0000

Very interesting. I am familiar with Blue Lick Road in Okolona outside of Louisville, Ky and Big Bone Lick where dinosaur bones have been discovered preserved in the bogs. Just thought to tell you, but I am sure you know, that when they used ‘fork’ it was not like a knife and fork, but rather the fork of a stream, or a fork in a road. Mostly these names came from the early settlers and Native Americans who were very descriptive in describing and identifying the licks.