Comments on: Lick Towns

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.