====== Gasburg ======

Gasburg was a small community downriver from [[Petersburg]] along [[Belleview]] Road. The general location is at Lucas Park and Adena Trail. The town derived its name from the numerous natural gas wells that dotted Boone County's western corridor. Residents included Frank Hartmann, and the [[terrill_family|Terrill]], [[berkshire_family|Berkshire]]  and Batchelor families.(([[https://bcp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/35265/0|"Gasburg,"]] //Boone County Recorder// 23, No. 50 (October 5, 1898): 4.)) You can view the area in the Petersburg Precinct page of the [[http://www.kentonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bkc_atlas_1883.pdf| 1883 Atlas of Boone, Kenton and Campbell Counties]], near where Woolper Creek meets the [[Ohio River]]. 



===== Related Topics =====
  * [[towns|Towns of Boone County]]