'Knob Lick' 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 Metcalfe County,

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, United States. Knob Lick is located on

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, northwest of

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. Knob Lick has a

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with ZIP code 42154.

History

Knob Lick was settled in the 1790s as part of a tract of land granted to Austin Allen. The community was originally known as Antioch after the local church, which opened in 1838. A

opened on June 10, 1848, under the name Knob Creek; the name was changed to Antioch in 1851, and the post office closed in 1857. A bell tower, attached to the post office, was completed on June 27, 1850, to chime the hour. The post office reopened on July 23, 1867, as Knob Lick; Frank S. Ewing was the first postmaster of the new post office. The name Knob Lick came from a lick located south of a

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north of the post office.

References

Unincorporated communities in Metcalfe County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{MetcalfeCountyKY-geo-stub