Augusta
An important post village of Bracken county, situated on the Ohio River, immediately below the mouth of Bracken creek, nine miles north northeast from Brookville, the capital of the county, 75 miles north-east from Frankfort, and by river 45 miles above Cincinnati, and 18 miles below Maysville. It is a commercial and manufacturing point of importance, containing eighteen stores and manufactories of various kinds, and is the seat of Augusta Male and Female College, which was founded in 1825, and has an attendance of about 80 pupils. It also contains a Town Hall, four churches, one lodge (I.O.O.F., Augusta no. 46), one division of Sons of Temperance, No. 15, large steam and flouring mills, several tobacco warehouses, one newspaper (the Augusta Sentinel, James D. Mandy, editor and publisher,) and a large number of mechanic’s shops. Population 900. Thomas Ingles, postmaster.
Business Directory
| Aetna Insurance Co. | J. W. Armstrong |
| Adams & Crum | dealers in stoves and tin ware |
| Armstrong, A. C. | school teacher |
| Armstrong, J. W. | general store, corner of front and upper |
| Armstrong, J. W. | agent of aetna Insurance Co and city treasurer |
| Armstrong, J. W. | carriages on hand or made to order |
| Augusta Sentinal | James D. Mondy, publisher |
| Barr, Charles | of Rankins, Son, & Co. |
| Bradford, J. J. | physician |
| Bradford, J. T. | physician & councilman |
| Bradford & Patterson | general store |
| Bradford & Powers | dealers in tobacco |
| W.Brown, Rev. J. W. | Baptist |
| Case Edward | blacksmith |
| City Hotel | A. L. Keene, proprietor |
| Cleveland, F. L. | of Stanton & Cleveland, attorney at law and councilman |
| Coons, Rev. G. W. | Presbyterian |
| Croswell, William | blacksmith |
| Donaphan, Jonathan | tannery, and dealer in hides and leather |
| Dorry & Bros. | proprietors steam mills |
| Gerard Fire and Marine Insurance Co. | J. T. McKibbon, agent |
| Hamilton M. | manufacturer and dealer in furniture |
| Harrison, Rev. J. A. | Methodist |
| Hawk --- | druggist |
| Heineccius, Henry | boot and shoe maker |
| Held, F. G. | watchmaker and jeweler |
| Howell, Thomas | carpenter |
| Ingles, Thomas | postmaster |
| Jones, A. J. | gunsmith |
| Keene, A. L. | proprietor, City Hotel |
| Keith, A. D. | physician |
| Keith, J. R. | physician |
| Keith, W. G. | physician |
| Kilpatrick, R. H. | tailor |
| Lovell, James | silver smith |
| Lutwig, J. E. | grocery store |
| Lytle, B. | carpenter |
| McKibbon, J. T. | Manufacturer and dealer in saddles and harness. Also justice of the peace and notary public. |
| Marshall, W. C. | councilman |
| Meyers, Joseph | boot and shoe maker |
| Monday, James D | editor and publisher, Augusta Sentinel |
| Myers, Thomas | general store |
| Nash, Miss A. P. | school teacher |
| Orr, Mrs. L. M. | school teacher |
| Owens, John | groceries and hardware and councilman |
| Owens, R. S. | blacksmith |
| Pharer, M. | boot and shoe maker |
| Powers, S. T. | general store, and city clerk |
| Rankins, B. H. | of Rankins, Son, & Co. |
| Rankins, W. J. | of Rankins, Son, & Co. |
| Rankins Son & Co | Wholesale and retail Dealers in dry goods, harware, boots and shoes, and groceries, and forwarding and commission merchants |
| Reese, A. J. | city marshal |
| Reese, G. W. | tailor |
| Robison & Bradford | grocery store |
| Rudd, P. H. | carpenter and councilman |
| Ryan, J. B. | councilman |
| Ryan & Bryson | general store |
| Sallie, Rev. B. F. | Reformer |
| Sells, M. | dealer in stoves and tin wear |
| Sells, M. | manufacturer of guns, pistols, etc. |
| Sibley, W. L. | grocery merchant and councilman |
| Sisson, H. V. | manufacturer and dealer in furniture |
| Smith, R. D. | general store |
| Stanton & Cleveland | attorneys at law, Office of Mr. Stanton in Maysville and Mr. Cleveland in Augusta |
| Stroube, L. | of Stroube & Taylor, proprietor, steam mill |
| Stroube & Taylor | proprietors, steam mill |
| Taylor, John | of Stroube & Taylor, proprietor, steam mill, and councilman |
| Thrush, D. W. | school teacher |
| Weldon, James | wagon maker |
| Weldin, V. | dealer in lumber and coal |
From George W. Hawes’ Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, for 1859 and 1860