Spring Station, Kentucky is an
unincorporated community in the northern part of
Woodford County, Kentucky located approximately three miles west of
Midway. The area is believed to have been settled during the early part of the 19th century and it became a station stop on the
Lexington and Ohio Railroad line when it was opened through the village in 1833.
According to the
University of Kentucky, it "was named for several nearby springs and may also have been known as Big Spring Station."
A
postal outlet operated at Spring Station from 1856 to 1973.
Spring Station was home to the
Woodburn Stud
Woodburn Stud was an American horse breeding farm located in Woodford County, Kentucky about ten miles (16 km) from the city of Lexington. It was established in the 18th century as an original land grant property of General Hugh Mercer to ...
, a
thoroughbred and
standardbred horse breeding
Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in ...
operation built by
Robert A. Alexander
Robert Aitcheson Alexander (1819 – December 1, 1867) was an American breeder of Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses.
Biography
Born on a farm near Midway, Woodford County, Kentucky, he and his siblings inherited the property on his father's d ...
which became the birthplace of Kentucky's Thoroughbred industry.
In 1869,
Daniel Swigert, who bred three
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a horse race held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, almost always on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The competition is a Grade I stakes race for three-year ...
winners, built a thoroughbred horse breeding business at Spring Station he named Stockwood Farm.
References
''Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer'' map and info on Spring Station, Kentucky
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Unincorporated communities in Woodford County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky