Lusby's Mill 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 northern
Owen County,
Kentucky
Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...
, United States. It is located six miles east of
Owenton on
Kentucky Route 330.
History
The area was originally settled by the Cobb family and a mill was built by William Jones for the family. Around 1852 the mill was acquired by John or William Lusby. There was a post office that operated in Lusby's Mill from 1852 to 1904 and the town was incorporated in 1869. During the Civil War a Confederate training camp, Camp Humphrey was here.
One of the oldest houses in town is the Gunboat House, which received its name during the Civil War. There was a distillery that was said to produce “fine quality of pure old copper distilled whiskey” which closed in 1897. In 1871, the Lusby's Mill Bridge, a 140-foot covered bridge, was built, but was destroyed by fire in 1927. The town had a population of 81 as of the 1880 census.
Compendium of the Tenth Census (June 1, 1880)
/ref> Margaret Hammon donated the land for the first school in town, and the Lusby Central High School operated until 1934. After a bypass road was constructed, business activity diminished in the settlement, and it is no longer incorporated.
Notable people
The poet Perry Jones
Perry James Jones III (born September 24, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Al-Ahli Jeddah of the Saudi Basketball League. He played college basketball for Baylor.
High school career
He was the #7 player in the ESPNU ...
was from Lusby's Mill.
References
External links
Lusby's Mill
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Owen County, Kentucky
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