Havilandsville
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Havilandsville was a Harrison county community on Richland Creek near the Licking River about 15 miles north of Cynthiana. In the nineteenth century it was an active center for agricultural processing and trade and had a population of about 650. It was named for Robert S. Haviland, postmaster and owner of a store, mills, and other businesses.
Travellers Rest post office opened on the north side of Richland Creek in 1833. It moved to the Harrison county side in 1842 and was renamed Havilandsville. It closed in 1926.
Havilandsville Once Prosperous
Havilandsville Once Prosperous, thriving is now ghost town of only seven families January 13, 1957 Lexington Herald-Leader By Rebecca P. Miller “This is it,” said the mail carrier—otherwise this traveler would not have recognized Havilandsville. Here in the so-called “Richlands”…
Havilandsville Sketch
The Cynthiana (Ky.) Democrat, Thursday, March 18, 1926, Page 6, Cols. 1 & 2: HAVILANDSVILLE ———- Sketch Prepared by VI-VIII Grades, Richland School, Pendleton County. ———- Robert S. Haviland Born in the City of New York Nov. 11, 1796 Died…
Interesting Bit of Kentucky History
An article in a recent paper told of a town being sold for $3,500. That village sale that might interest some of the older readers and be historical news for the young. In 1838 my grandfather, Robert S. Haviland, built…
Havilandsville Brass Band
The Havilandsville brass band played for the soldiers reunion at Berry July 4, 1890. Its roster was composed of the following: Willie T. Browning, Sid, George, Jim and Willie Wyatt, Thomas King, Robert McKinney, John and Willie Taylor, Bill and…
Havilandsville Postmasters
The Havilandsville Post Office was started on 8 April 1842. It was moved from Travellers Rest, Pendleton, Kentucky. It closed in 1926 and combined with Cynthiana. The sixteen postmasters were : From 8 Apr 1842 until 22 Sep 1846— Robert…
Unknown Man Found Dead
The school teacher in District No. —, in Pendleton county, near Havilandsville, on going to the school-house, on Monday morning, the 22d ultimo, to prepare the house for the reception of his pupils, discovered that several benches had been misplaced,…
Letters Patent No. 279,411
UNITED STATES Patent Office.DAVID MCGLADERY, OF HAVILANDSVILLE, KENTUCKY.REIN-HOLDER.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,411, dated June 12, 1883,Application filed March 10, 1883. (No model.) To all whom it may concern:Be it known that I, DAVID McGLADERY, Havilandsville, Harrison county,…
Mail Carrier Has Traveled 281,000 Miles
FALMOUTH, Ky., Aug. 5.-Frank King, who carries the mail from Havilandsville to Falmouth and return, has been working for the United States 40 years. He began carrying the mail on July 4, 1876, from Havilandsville to Robinson Station twice a…
Oil Leases Taken in Harrison County
Surface Indications Have Been Observed Near Havilandsville forMany Years. Cynthiana, Ky., May 3.-[Special.]-D. N. Brannock has filed oil leases on the farms of J. B. and L. A. Applegate, B. L. and P. W. Colvin and R. N. and Zerelda…
Giant Cushaw
W. H. Dennis, of Havilandsville, has on display at George W. Shelton’s establishment in this city, a cushaw that weighs 53 pounds. This is the largest cushaw we have ever seen grown in this section. Mr. Dennis grew this cushaw…