Paint Lick is an
unincorporated community in
Garrard County,
Kentucky, United States. It lies along Routes
21 and
52 east of the city of
Lancaster, the
county seat of Garrard County. In 2015, a new route for KY 52 opened, bypassing the town. Its elevation is 820 feet (250 m). It has a
post office with the
ZIP code 40461. Historic sites within the community include
Paint Lick Presbyterian Church
The Paint Lick Presbyterian Church is a historic church at KY 52 in Paint Lick, Kentucky. The Gothic Revival church was built in 1879 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
It was deemed significant as "Garrard County
...
(1879).
Paint Lick has been noted for its
unusual place name
Unusual place names are names for cities, towns, and other regions which are considered non-ordinary in some manner. This can include place names which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous or highly charged words, as well as place ...
.
Education
Paint Lick is served by the Garrard County Schools. Paint Lick Elementary School is located in the community.
References
Unincorporated communities in Garrard County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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