Mount Merino, Kentucky is an unincorporated community near Irvington in

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History

The community can trace its founding to 1832 when two brothers, Dr. Benedict Wathen and Dr. Richard M. Wathen, purchased the land and helped establish a

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seminary there in 1838. The school closed in 1843 and in 1854 the Mount Merino farm became the home for the Holy Guardian Angel Catholic Church, a mission of St. Theresa Parish at Rhodelia. In 1930 it was decided to build a new church in Irvington as the old church needed many repairs and to be closer to the population center.

References

Populated places in Breckinridge County, Kentucky {{BreckinridgeCountyKY-geo-stub