Nazareth is an unincorporated community and a historic site in Nelson County, Kentucky, United States, located about three miles north of

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. The zipcode is: 40048.

History

In 1822, Nazareth became the new home of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, founded in 1812, whose motherhouse is still there. It was the location of their school, Nazareth Academy, later known as

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, which the Sisters operated there until 1971. The founder of the Sisters, the

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John Baptist David,

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, died there in 1841 and is buried in the convent cemetery. A post office operated briefly in Nazareth in 1863, which reopened in 1888 and is still in operation. The district was also a station on the Louisville and Bardstown Railroad, now the

Louisville and Nashville Railroad The Louisville and Nashville Railroad , commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the ...

References

Unincorporated communities in Nelson County, Kentucky Historic districts in Kentucky Catholic Church in Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{NelsonCountyKY-geo-stub