Mud Lick is a rural
unincorporated community in
Monroe County, Kentucky, United States.
[ It is concentrated around the intersection of Kentucky Route 63 and Kentucky Route 870, northwest of ]Tompkinsville Tompkinsville may refer to:
*Tompkinsville, Kentucky
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History
The community is believed to have been named for a salty stream that was frequently rendered muddy by animals drinking from it.mineral lick
A mineral lick (also known as a salt lick) is a place where animals can go to lick essential mineral nutrients from a deposit of salts and other minerals. Mineral licks can be naturally occurring or artificial (such as blocks of salt that farm ...
s, whether associated with brine springs or just mineral-rich soils, were frequented by animals that literally licked the ground to ingest the salt or other trace minerals, often creating a muddy surface. Big Bone Lick in Boone County, Kentucky, is a famous example, but many such “licks” were known to American pioneer hunters and settlers. “Sulphur Lick” is a community name of similar origin in northeast Monroe County. A “Large Sulphur Lick” on Indian Creek near Flippin was described in a military survey (1797).
A post office operated at Mud Lick from 1853 until the 1980s.
In popular culture
Former WWE wrestler Hillbilly Jim was billed as being from Mud Lick, Kentucky.Sirius XM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. is an American broadcasting company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City that provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States. It was formed by the 2008 merger of Sirius Sat ...
radio station Outlaw Country (Channel 60), and references himself as broadcasting from Mud Lick, Kentucky.Outlaw Country
Sirius XM website. Accessed: 5 April 2017.
An ''
X-Files'' episode, "Kitten" S11 E6 (first aired February 7, 2018) takes place primarily in Mud Lick, with some scenes in
Vietnam and
FBI Headquarters (Virginia). The premise is that U.S. Marines in Vietnam were exposed to a mind-altering gas, and later subjected to experiments at a facility in Mud Lick, making them see monsters and go on lethal rampages.
In the sitcom
Mike & Molly Rondi Reed played Margaret "Peggy" Biggs, the mother of Officer Mike Biggs. Peggy was from “Mud Lick” the topic of which was featured in a couple of episodes.
Mud Lick, in Monroe County, is portrayed in the 1999 documentary film, American Hollow, documenting the close knit Bowling family of Mud Lick Hollow, Kentucky and its almost frozen in time aura. The area filmed by Rory Kennedy also takes place in Saul, Kentucky and is located in Perry County, Kentucky. https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/obituaries/article44071212.html
References
Unincorporated communities in Monroe County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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