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A post village and the capital of Kenton county, situated on Bank Lick, and on the Covington turnpike, 11 miles
south from Cincinnati, 75 miles north northeast from Frankfort, and by river [?!?] about 16 [?] miles from Louisville. The Kenton
County Agricultural Fairgrounds are situated on the Covington turnpike, one mile from Independence, and 10 miles from Covington.
The town was incorporated in 1840, and contains the usual county buildings; three churches (Methodist Episcopal, Universalist,
and Christian Reformed), one Masonic Lodge (Bradford), one Lodge I.O.O.F. (Wolford, No. 68), three general stores, three attorneys,
one magistrate, three hotels, four physicians and about twenty mechanical trades. Population 500. Post office established 1841.
G. Klette, postmaster.
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| American hotel |
N. Tuell, proprietor |
| Bradford Lodge |
Masonic |
| Brooks, I. W. |
physican and surgeon |
| Bryant, S. |
gunsmith |
| Bryson, C. C. |
physican and surgeon |
| Bryson, W. A. |
painter |
| Cole, Rev. Mr. |
pastor Methodist Episcopal Church |
| Combs, R. d. |
general merchant |
| Crowell, John |
chair manufacturer |
| Downard, I. S. |
physican and surgeon |
| Ellis, Rev. I., |
pastor Christian Reformed Church |
| Flanders, Rev. Mr. |
pastor of Universalist Church |
| French & Pool |
carriage and wagon makers |
| Goyen, D. H. |
painter |
| Goyen, D. H. |
tin ware manufacturer and dealer |
| Hull, M. |
sash, blind and window maker, and carpenter and builder |
| Johnson, I. W. |
tailor |
| Kenton House |
I. G. Story, proprietor |
| Kentucky House |
H. Wayman, proprietor |
| Klette, A. G. |
postmaster |
| McDonald, R. |
nursery and seedsman |
| Morgan, Geo. |
carriage, wagon, and plow maker |
| Nicholson, A. |
blacksmith |
| Plummer, Wm. H. H. |
physician and surgeon, and general merchant |
| Rankin, O. F. |
attorney at law |
| Shaw, L. |
attorney at law |
| Smith, W. |
carpenter and builder |
| Smith, W. |
sash, blind and window maker |
| Smith, Wm. |
cabinet maker and undertaker |
| Stopper, Hiram |
boot and shoe maker and dealer |
| Stephens, James A. |
general merchant |
| Stephens, M. T. |
mason and builder |
| Story, I. G. |
proprietor, Kenton House |
| Striger, Aaron |
cooper |
| Tuell, M. |
proprietor, American House |
| Wayman, H. |
justice of the peace and mason and builder |
| Webster, T. |
attorney at law |
| Wilsher, Benjamin |
blacksmith |
| Wolford Lodge |
I.O.O.F. |
| Yates, G. A. |
surveyor |
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