Near Alexandria in Campbell County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Grants Lick

Campbell County, Kentucky

— Surveyed October 10, 1797 —

Grants Lick Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2021

1. Grants Lick Marker

Inscription. Many salt wells located in this area, left over from the last Ice Age. Salt making was an early business in Grant's Lick. John Grant was one of the owners, and the entire area is named for him. Mary (Boone) Bryan — sister to Col. Daniel Boone — is buried in the Grant's Lick (Oakland) Cemetery next door to the museum (Top of the hill, left side of the cemetery. Look for a US Flag/flagpole)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is October 10, 1797.

Location. 38° 51.391′ N, 84° 23.999′ W. Marker is near Alexandria, Kentucky, in Campbell County. It is on Clayridge Road south of Smith-Hiteman Road, on the right when traveling south. Marker is in front of the Campbell County Log Cabin Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 890 Clayridge Road, Alexandria KY 41001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Outer Bluegrass. It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

and in the Ohio River Valley.

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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Grant's Lick (approx. 0.7 miles away); Mary Boone Bryan (approx. 0.7 miles away); British Indian Raid (approx. 7 miles away); Kentucky's Nineteenth (approx. 7.2 miles away); Capt. Ernest Wagner Park (approx. 9 miles away in Ohio); Thomas Ashburn (approx. 9 miles away in Ohio); New Richmond Pearl Harbor Memorial (approx. 9 miles away in Ohio); The United States Merchant Marine (approx. 9 miles away in Ohio). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alexandria.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 30, 2021

2. Grants Lick Marker

Marker is the panel on the right.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 11, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 951 times since then and 72 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 11, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.