Bridgeville
A post office in Bracken county, situated on the North Fork of Licking River, nine miles from Brooksville, the capital of the county, 50 miles east north-east from Frankfort, and about 55 miles southeast of Covington. The village contains two stores, one District School, two churches in the vicinity, one hotel, two carpenters, one blacksmith, one brick and three tone masons. Post office established in Feb. 1858 Joseph L. Galbraith, postmaster
Business Directory
| Berry, B | planter |
| Bow, B. H. | carpenter and builder |
| Deterick, G. A. | carpenter and builder |
| Galbraith, Jos. L. | general merchant |
| Galbraith, Joseph L. | postmaster |
| Galbraith, Thomas | painter |
| Hannah, James L. | stone and brick mason |
| Hanson, John | hotel proprietor |
| Hester, J. K. | stone mason |
| Linvill, John R. | planter |
| Miller, A. S. | blacksmith |
| Mitchell, E. | stone mason |
| Orme, E. | stone and brick mason |
| Parker, Rev. Wm. | Methodist Episc. |
| Sallie, Rev. Wm. T. | Christian |
| Streeve, H. T. | general store |
| Thompson, G. H. B. | planter |
| Thompson, G. L. | planter |
From George W. Hawes’ Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, for 1859 and 1860