Big Reedy is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in the northwest corner of
Edmonson County
Edmonson County is a County (United States), county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 12,126. Its county seat and only municipality is Browns ...
,
Kentucky
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, United States, near the boundaries of
Grayson and
Butler counties. It is approximately due north of
Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...
.
Big Reedy is part of the Bowling Green
Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The Big Reedy community is named for Big Reedy Creek, a tributary of the
Green River which drains the watershed along the Edmonson County side of the current Butler and Edmonson County lines; the adjacent Little Reedy Creek drains a similar area of Butler County. John May and company recorded surveying on Big Reedy Creek on November 14, 1783. The community was established prior to the 1825 formation of Edmonson County in the section of Edmonson which was originally part of Grayson County. Many of the settlers were Revolutionary War and War of 1812 veterans, with a preponderance of settlers coming originally from Virginia, though many lived for several years in eastern Kentucky before crossing to Big Reedy.
Various independent schools existed in the community prior to the consolidation of all
Edmonson County schools in 1959, and some of the original school buildings are preserved though not in usable form.
Current community activities are centered on three churches (Big Reedy Church of Christ and Mount Pleasant Cumberland Presbyterian
), some small shops and one restaurant in Big Reedy and the nearby community of
Roundhill on the county line. Most employment and entertainment is found in
Brownsville, the county seat of Edmonson County;
Leitchfield, the nearest large community in Grayson County;
Caneyville, another nearby community; and in the city of Bowling Green. Several cemeteries exist in various states of preservation.
Geography
The community is located at coordinates . The community is located along
Kentucky Route 185 (KY 185) at the junction with
KY 238.
Nearby cities
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Bowling Green
A bowling green is a finely laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of turf for playing the game of bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding of Thrupp, near Stroud, UK, invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep ...
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Brownsville
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Caneyville
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Leitchfield
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Morgantown
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Roundhill
References
External links
Big Reedyat the U.S.
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Unincorporated communities in Edmonson County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Bowling Green metropolitan area, Kentucky