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Mays Lick (aka Mayslick, originally known as May's Lick) is census-designated place and unincorporated community located in Mason County, Kentucky, United States, about nine miles southwest of Maysville. == History == May's Lick was founded in 1788 by the following five families from Scotch Plains, New Jersey.〔 # Abraham Drake (1751–1805) # Cornelius Drake (1754–1833) # Isaac Drake (1756–1832), father of (i) Daniel Drake (1785–1852), American physician and author, and (ii) Benjamin Drake (1795–1841), American historian, editor, and writer; Daniel Drake's son, Charles Daniel Drake (1811–1892), was a United States Senator from Missouri and an anti-slavery politician # David Morris (1746–1798) and wife, Mary ' Shotwell (1748–1806) # John Shotwell (1753–1826) and wife, Abigail ' Shipman (1754–1835) :: Note 1: Abraham, Cornelius, and Isaac Drake were brothers :: Note 2: John and Mary Shotwell were siblings The group purchased 1,400 acres of land from William May (for whom the community was named) near the salt lick in southern Mason county and began to build a community.〔 The Mays Lick Post Office opened in 1800. Kentucky's first consolidated school and first school transportation – consisting of a horse and wagon – was founded in Mays Lick.〔 When May's Lick was founded (1788), Kentucky was part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. That year (1788), the Commonwealth of Virginia established Mason County. May's Lick became the name of the town after first being called May's Spring.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mays Lick, Kentucky」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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