Claymour 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 Todd County, Kentucky, United States.

History

The community of Claymour was established primarily as a farming community sometime around the 1850s.

Geography

Claymour is located on east-central Todd County about northeast of Elkton along

Kentucky Route 106 Kentucky Route 106 (KY 106) is a east-west state highway traversing three counties in west-central Kentucky. Route description Todd and Logan Counties It begins at an intersection with KY 181 just north of Elkton about north of the ...

(KY 106) at its junction with KY 507 and KY 178.

Annual events

Claymour is home to a Christian-oriented annual event, the Claymour Camp Meeting, an outdoor

revival meeting A revival meeting is a series of Christian religious services held to inspire active members of a church body to gain new converts and to call sinners to repent. Nineteenth-century Baptist preacher Charles Spurgeon said, "Many blessings may come ...

which has been held since 1903.

References

{{Todd County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Todd County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky