====== Taylorsport ======
The [[towns|town]] of Taylorsport is located along River Road (KY Route 8), which follows [[Boone County|Boone County's]] northern border.  Along with neighboring [[Constance]], it lies on a narrow strip of land at the base of a steep bluff in the Taylorsport [[precincts|Precinct]].

The village grew up at the mouth of [[Elijah Creek]] in the early 19th century and became a post office by [[1846]].  [[Thomas D. Foulkes]] founded a warehouse and ferry crossing there in [[1827]], and in [[1836]] General James Taylor of [[Campbell County]] platted a town called Taylorsville, later Taylorsport.

Unlike most Boone County towns, whose growth typically was organic or informal, Taylorsport had a geometrical grid plan with symmetrical blocks bisected by alleys.  By [[1883]], the streets were dotted with houses.  One of the community landmarks was the Taylorsport Methodist Episcopal Church, later the [[Taylorsport Community Church]], built in [[1863]].

Many buildings were lost in repeated floods.  Rising [[ohio river|river]] levels resulting from dam construction claimed Water Street, a row of houses and the town's first [[cemeteries|graveyard]].

===== Related Topics =====
  * [[Parlor Grove]]
  * [[Towns]] in Boone County