Bighill 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 ...

located in Madison County,

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

, United States. It lies east of Berea at the junction of

Kentucky Route 21 Kentucky Route 21 (KY 21) is a west-east highway in Madison County, running from the Garrard County line near Paint Lick to Bighill, east of Berea. It begins at KY 52 at the Garrard County line at the Paint Lick Creek Bridge. The road passe ...

and

U.S. Route 421 U.S. Route 421 (also U.S. Highway 421, US 421) is a diagonal northwest–southeast United States Numbered Highway in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The highway runs for from Fort Fisher, North Caro ...

. The community is part of the Richmond– Berea Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Bighill, Kentucky was involved in the Civil War.

References

Unincorporated communities in Madison County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{MadisonCountyKY-geo-stub