Near Lexington in Clark County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Jones Nursery
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Nursery Place

Jones Nursery side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 27, 2021

1. Jones Nursery side of marker

Inscription.
Jones Nursery Griffin Fauntleroy Jones began one of Kentucky’s earliest commercial nurseries. He sold fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, and vines. Many orchards in Clark and surrounding counties were supplied from Jones’ Nursery. Fauntleroy also ran a blacksmith shop, furniture business, wagon factory, and ran the Jones Nursery post office from 1850 until 1859.

Nursery Place Fauntleroy Jones (1816-1897) was a nurseryman, horticulturist and accomplished botanist. He moved into a 1790s dogtrot log cabin which was enlarged to fourteen rooms. Nursery Place has been home to five generations of the Jones family. Fauntleroy & his wife, Martha Jane Browning, are buried in a small cemetery in the front yard of the property.

Erected 2019 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2599.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Horticulture & Forestry • Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 37° 56.043′ N, 84° 18.621′ W.

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Marker is near Lexington, Kentucky, in Clark County. It is on Athens Boonesboro Road (Kentucky Route 418) east of Jones Nursery Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3300 KY-418, Lexington KY 40509, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Bluegrass Region.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Caveland (approx. 0.3 miles away); John Jacob Niles (approx. 1.6 miles away); Colonel John Holder / Howard's Creek Industrial Center (approx. 2.3 miles away); Salt Spring Trace (approx. 2.3 miles away); Samuel Boone (approx. 2.8 miles away); Uncovering Our Pioneer Past (approx. 2.8 miles away); Boone (approx. 2.8 miles away); Boone-Callaway Girls Kidnapping (approx.

Nursery Place side of marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 27, 2021

2. Nursery Place side of marker

3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Boone's Station (was approx. 2.8 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Jones Nursery/Nursery Place. From Kentucky Historical Society's ExploreKYHistory project. (Submitted on March 29, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Jones Nursery / Nursery Place Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 27, 2021

3. Jones Nursery / Nursery Place Marker

Nursery Place image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 27, 2021

4. Nursery Place

Credits. This page was last revised on March 29, 2021. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,010 times since then and 49 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on March 29, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.

Jones Nursery⎯⎯⎯Nursery Place

Jones Nursery
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Nursery Place