Big Reedy is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in the northwest corner of
Edmonson County,
Kentucky
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, United States, near the boundaries of
Grayson and
Butler counties. It is approximately due north of
Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep on ...
.
Big Reedy is part of the Bowling Green
Metropolitan Statistical Area
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.
History
The Big Reedy community is named for Big Reedy Creek, a tributary of the
Green River Green River may refer to:
Rivers
Canada
* Green River (British Columbia), a tributary of the Lillooet River
*Green River, a tributary of the Saint John River, also known by its French name of Rivière Verte
*Green River (Ontario), a tributary of ...
which drains the watershed along the Edmonson County side of the current Butler and Edmonson County lines; the adjacent Little Reedy Creek drains a similar area of Butler County. John May and company recorded surveying on Big Reedy Creek on November 14, 1783.
[Jillison, Willard Rouse. ''Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds: A Complete Index to the Earliest Land Entries, Military Warrants, Deeds, and Wills of the Commonwealth of Kentucky''. Filson Club Publications #34, 1926; Reprinted Clearfield, 2008.] The community was established prior to the 1825 formation of Edmonson County in the section of Edmonson which was originally part of Grayson County. Many of the settlers were Revolutionary War and War of 1812 veterans, with a preponderance of settlers coming originally from Virginia, though many lived for several years in eastern Kentucky before crossing to Big Reedy.
Various independent schools existed in the community prior to the consolidation of all
Edmonson County schools
Edmonson County Schools is a public school district in Edmonson County, Kentucky, based in Brownsville.
Schools
The Edmonson County School District has two elementary schools, one school that houses 5th and 6th grade students, one middle schoo ...
in 1959, and some of the original school buildings are preserved though not in usable form.
Current community activities are centered on three churches, some small shops and one restaurant in Big Reedy and the nearby community of
Kentucky
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on the county line. Most employment and entertainment is found in
Brownsville, the county seat of Edmonson County;
Leitchfield, the nearest large community in Grayson County;
Caneyville, another nearby community; and in the city of Bowling Green. Several cemeteries exist in various states of preservation.
Geography
The community is located at coordinates . The community is located along
Kentucky Route 185
Kentucky Route 185 is a north–south state highway traversing four counties in west-central Kentucky.
Route description
, -
, Warren
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, -
, Butler/ Edmonson
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, -
, Grayson
,
, -
, Total
,
KY 185 begins on Gordon Aven ...
(KY 185) at the junction with
KY 238.
Nearby cities
*
Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep on ...
*
Brownsville
*
Caneyville
*
Leitchfield
*
Morgantown
*
Roundhill
References
External links
Big Reedyat the U.S.
Geographic Names Information System
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Unincorporated communities in Edmonson County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky