Rabbit Hash
A small village of Boone county, situated on the Ohio River, opposite Rising Sun, Ind., 10 miles south-west from Burlington, the capital of the county, 65 miles north from Frankfort, and by river 38 miles below Covington, and 95 above Louisville. It contains a Baptist and Methodist church, one Lodge (I.O.O.F. No. 135), public library, two select schools, one general store, one steam flouring and saw mill, one physician, two magistrates, two carpenters, four blacksmiths, one broom manufacturer, once carriage and wagon maker, one nursery and seedsman, one plow maker, two stone masons, one tobacconist and several resident planters. Population 67.
Business Directory
| Calvert, B. C. & H. J. | General Merchants and Salt and Commission Agents |
| Carter, Rev. C. S. | teacher, and pastor, Baptist Church |
| Clore, Robert | blacksmith |
| Cole, Rev. Mr. | pastor of Methodist Church |
| Craig, John P. | justice of peace |
| Crisler, Fielding | blacksmith |
| Culvert, Samuel | planter |
| East Bend Lodge | I.O.O.F., number 135 |
| Evans, Israel | physician and surgeon |
| Goss, Henry | planter |
| Hamilton, Moses | fish dealer |
| Holmes, P. G. | carriage and wagon maker |
| Holmes, Phillip G. | blacksmith |
| Lunenburg, Joseph | blacksmith |
| McConnell, John C. | planter |
| Marshall, Arthur | constable |
| Mead, Charles | teacher |
| Merick, Col. D. H. | planter |
| Piatt, John | planter |
| Piatt, John | steam flouring and saw mill proprietor |
| Piatt, John | sen_ broom manufacturer |
| Piatt & Co. | tobacconists |
| Reese, Samuel | carpenter and builder |
| Ruddell, T. G. | nursery and seedsman |
| Ryle, David | planter |
| Ryle, Elijah | justice of peace |
| Ryle, Hogan | planter |
| Ryle, William P. | ferryman |
| Stephens, James N. | planter |
| Stephens, Richard | planter |
| Vaness, Firm | carpenter and builder |
| Willett, Carlton | planter |
| Williamson, Alfred | stone mason |
| Williamson, Thomas | stone mason |
| Wilson, James A. | planter |
From George W. Hawes’ Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, for 1859 and 1860