Worthington and Springdale / Carol Brenner Tobe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tobe, Carol Brenner, author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--Kentucky--Jefferson County--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Worthington (Ky.)--History--Pictorial works.

Worthington (Ky.).

Worthington (Ky.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Springdale (Ky.)--History--Pictorial works.

Springdale (Ky.).

Springdale (Ky.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Jefferson County (Ky.)--History, Local--Pictorial works.

Jefferson County (Ky.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Jefferson County communities of Worthington and Springdale are located on Brownsboro Road, 12 miles east of Louisville. The area's abundant water sources and fertile soil attracted the earliest settlers in the late 1700s, and farms, mills, and blacksmith shops sprang up along the streams. The Brownsboro Road (originally called Brownsboro Turnpike) served farmers selling their produce, as well as the wealthy "gentleman farmers" who built fine homes in the rural countryside. The fertile soil was particularly suited to growing potatoes, and the Worthington Potato Growers Cooperative handled thousands of barrels daily. The community came together to construct churches and a fine stone school building, establish a cemetery, and organize a fire department. The historic African American community of Taylortown survives in the Taylortown African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church, established in 1868. Today, suburban sprawl has erased all but a few vestiges of the once-thriving farming communities.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (page 127).

ISBN:

9781439649374

1439649375