Woodford County
History

MARKING TIME IN WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY:
STORIES THE HISTORICAL HIGHWAY MARKERS
DON'T TELL YOU
Written by Danna C. Estridge
          If you've ever wanted to know more about the people, places and events described on the 27 Historical Highway Markers in Woodford County, Kentucky, this book is for you. The author takes an in-depth look at the stories which inspired the text on the county's markers and gives a detailed account of each. Photographs of many of the people and places are included. Handy 5½" X 8½" size is easy to take along on a drive throughout the county, and the spiral binding allows the book to lie flat when open or even folded back upon itself. 260 pages, softbound, spiral binding with vinyl overlay (2003). Published by the Woodford County Historical Society, Versailles, Ky.    ISBN 1-931092-38-9. $16.95

THE TALES OF TWO CENTRAL KENTUCKY CREEKS
AND WHERE THEY FLOW
Written by John Steele Davis
The North and South Forks of the Elkhorn Creek in Woodford, Franklin, Fayette, and Scott counties, Kentucky, are the two creeks chronicled in this book. The author relates both historical and current information about the homes, farms, businesses, communities, and the people that grew up alongside these creeks over the past two centuries. 112 pages, 47 maps and photographs, fully indexed, softbound, comb binding with vinyl overlay (1999). Published by the Woodford County Historical Society, Versailles, Ky.
ISBN 1-931092-15-X. $12.95

ON THE ROAD TOUR OF SOUTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY
Written by John Steele Davis
This "tour" of the southern portion of Woodford County uses the 1877 D.C. Beers map as a travel guide. The "tour" begins in Versailles and proceeds in a  general southerly direction, providing historic information about the residences, businesses, churches, and other properties along the way, as well as the people who inhabited them throughout much of the county's history. The family names included in the book read like a "Who's Who" of Southern Woodford County: Adams, Allen, Black, Carter, Craig, Dearinger, Felix, Foley, Ford, George, Guyn, Hawkins, Hieatt, Hifner, Holloway, Hord, Hunter, Jennings, Jouett, Lowrey, McConnell, McKenzie, Moore, Mundy, Patterson, Porter, Scott, Sellers, Singleton, Sublett, Thornton, Wasson, Wilhoit, Wilson, and many, many others are mentioned in the book. 117 pages of text, 90 pages of maps and photographs, fully indexed, softbound, comb binding with vinyl overlay (2001). Published by the Woodford County Historical Society, Versailles, Ky.                                                       
ISBN 1-931092-25-7. $24.95

HISTORY OF WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY
By William E. Railey
Compiled over a 10-year period during Mr. Railey's tenure as curator at the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort, Kentucky, this book was first published as a series of articles in the 1920s in the Register, the quarterly publication of the Kentucky Historical Society. Viewed by many as the most complete historical and genealogical record of Woodford County from its beginnings in the late 18th century to the early decades of the 20th century. This is a facsimile reprint of the 1938 edition revised by Mr. Railey about ten years after the original was printed in book form. 449 pages, 22 photographs, indexed by surname, soft cover, comb binding.     

WOODFORD COUNTY, KENTUCKY, THE FIRST
TWO HUNDRED YEARS, 1789-1989
Ed. by Dabney Garrett Munson and Margaret Ware Parrish
This book, published on the 200th anniversary of the formation of Woodford County, is not a definitive history of the county, although it contains more than a fair quantity of history about Woodford County. It is, rather, a collection of short articles intended to reveal some of the characteristics of Woodford Countians in the early years as shown by their labors and pastimes, and by their involvement in community affairs. 269 pages, 80 photographs, maps and drawings, fully indexed, softbound, comb binding with vinyl overlay (1989). Published by the Woodford County Historical Society, Versailles, Ky.    ISBN 1-931092-14-1. $29.95