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42-529: The Western Military Institute was founded by Thornton Fitzhugh Johnson in 1847, and initially located in Georgetown, Kentucky . Future Republican politician, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives , and Presidential Candidate James Blaine was an instructor there in 1850 and 1851. In 1851, future Confederate General Bushrod Johnson became a professor, and later served as headmaster until

84-452: A distillery . This last enterprise led to his subsequent dubious reputation as the inventor of bourbon whiskey. Craig has sometimes been claimed to have been the first to age the distillation in charred oak casks, "a process that gives the bourbon its brownish color and unique taste". Craig built his distillery in what was then Fayette County . The location later became part of Woodford County in 1789, and then Scott County in 1792. It

126-477: A humid subtropical climate ( Köppen Cfa ), with warm summers and moderately cold winters. Precipitation is relatively well spread (although the late spring and summer months are typically wetter), with an average of 45.28 in (1,150 mm). As of the census of 2010, there were 29,098 people 10,733 households, and 7,452 families in the city. The population density was 1,836.4 per square mile (709.0/km ). There were 11,957 housing units. The racial makeup of

168-588: A "charming legend". By 1785, when Bourbon County was formed, dozens (if not hundreds) of small farmer-distillers west of the Alleghenies made corn-based whiskies, which they called 'bourbon', to distinguish them from the rye-based whiskies commonly distilled in the East. No historical evidence indicates that Craig's whiskey was unique in its time, nor that he practiced charring of the aging barrels. The first known publication potentially alluding to Craig as bourbon's inventor

210-1170: A lending library, the Scott County Public Library. Georgetown's newspaper, the Georgetown News-Graphic , prints on Tuesday and Friday. Residents of the area commonly subscribe to this locally geared newspaper in addition to the larger Lexington daily newspaper, the Lexington Herald-Leader . Z-Rock 103.3 FM WXZZ Georgetown is a 24/7/365 classic rock/new rock radio station. Georgetown has one hospital, Georgetown Community Hospital, operated by LifePoint Health . UK HealthCare and Baptist Health Lexington have regional campuses in Georgetown. Georgetown also has many nursing facilities, including Signature HealthCARE of Georgetown, Windsor Gardens Retirement Community, Dover Manor Nursing Home, and Ashton Grove Assisted Living. Georgetown has one sister city , as designated by Sister Cities International : Elijah Craig Elijah Craig (November 15, 1738 – May 18, 1808)

252-715: A new middle school, opting instead to expand one of its three existing middle schools, but opened a new high school and a new elementary school in 2019. Elkhorn Crossing School, which had been a detached campus of Scott County High before the 2019 opening of Great Crossing High School, provides some sophomores and juniors at both high schools with a curriculum that integrates academic and career-based disciplines. Public schools located within Georgetown and Scott County include: Private education in Georgetown and Scott County includes St. John elementary and middle school, Providence Christian Academy elementary and middle school, and Keystone Montessori elementary school. Georgetown also has

294-728: A new settlement which he called Lebanon. This was incorporated by the Virginia legislature in 1784. At the time, Virginia claimed this territory under its colonial charter. Craig established some of the first mills west of the Appalachian Mountains along the Royal Spring Branch, where he also manufactured cloth and paper. He also founded a distillery in 1789, as well as a school called the Rittenhouse Academy. This eventually developed as Georgetown College . The city's name

336-504: A preschool center serving special needs and economically at-risk students aged 3–5, nine elementary schools (grades K–5), three middle schools (grades 6–8) and two high schools (grades 9–12). These schools are all part of the Scott County Schools system. Plans had been in progress for an additional high school and middle school within the city limits during the 2010s due to the expanding population. The district chose not to build

378-413: A quarter for each scholar. One half to be paid in cash, the other half in produce at cash prices. There will be a vacation of a month in the spring, and another in the fall, at the close of each of which it is expected that such payments as are due in cash will be made. For diet, washing and house room for a year, each scholar pays £3 in cash, or 500 weight of pork on entrance, and £3 cash on the beginning of

420-477: A town originally called Lebanon, which was incorporated in 1784. (In 1790 the town was renamed Georgetown in honor of Gen. George Washington.) Craig preached at several churches with John Waller. In 1786 Craig became pastor of the Great Crossing Church, which they had founded the previous year. Joseph Redding succeeded Craig in 1793 after a controversy concerning some of Craig's economic activities, and

462-568: Is hereby given that on Monday, 28 January next, a school will be opened by Messrs. Jones and Worley, at the Royal Spring in Lebanon Town, Fayette County , where a commodious house, sufficient to contain fifty or sixty scholars, will be prepared. They will teach the Latin and Greek languages , together with such branches of the sciences as are usually taught in public seminaries, at twenty five shillings

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504-404: Is the 6th-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the seat of its county. It was originally called Lebanon when founded by Rev. Elijah Craig and was renamed in 1790 in honor of President George Washington . Historically, settlers were drawn to Georgetown for its Royal Spring . It is the home of Georgetown College , a private liberal arts college . Georgetown is part of

546-579: The Allegheny Mountains . The college continues today. Craig became a businessman and local magnate . He built Kentucky's first fulling mill (for cloth manufacturing), its first paper mill , its first ropewalk (for manufacturing rope from hemp), and the first lumber and gristmill at Georgetown. Craig played a major role in forming the Georgetown Fire Department and also served as Fire Chief. In approximately 1789, Craig founded

588-672: The Civil War , Kentucky stayed in the Union. Georgetown was raided by Confederate Gen. John Hunt Morgan twice, once on July 15, 1862, and the second time on July 10, 1864. Following the war, the town became a railroad hub, connected to the Cincinnati Southern , the Louisville Southern , and the Frankfort & Cincinnati . The last was considered the "whiskey route" and carried much of

630-569: The James River . Although Virginia had adopted the principle of freedom of religion in its Declaration of Rights in 1776 and again in the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786, Baptists still faced persecution during the early statehood period, particularly when they preached to mixed congregations of freemen and slaves, white and black. In these years, Baptists encouraged planters to free their slaves; and numerous slaves were freed in

672-607: The Lexington-Fayette, KY Metropolitan Statistical Area . At one time the city served as the training camp home for the NFL 's Cincinnati Bengals . The city's growth began in the mid-1980s, when Toyota built Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky , its first wholly owned United States plant, in Georgetown. The plant opened in 1988; it builds the Camry , Camry Hybrid, Lexus ES , and RAV4 Hybrid automobiles. Native peoples have lived along

714-727: The Confederacy", attended the Western Military Institute from 1860 to 1861. The campus was located from 1855 to 1861 at 724 Second Avenue South, which serves today as Metropolitan Nashville City Government's Planning Building, home to the Nashville Planning Commission. It closed in 1862, during the American Civil War . In 1867 the high school instruction of the University of Nashville, previously offered through

756-864: The Revolutionary War. Ultimately, religious freedom became protected in Virginia by statute (and the Anglican Church was disestablished, i.e. lost government financial support), as well as in the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Baptist membership grew, particularly among common planters with smaller holdings of land and slaves. Seeking religious freedom and economic opportunity, in 1781 Elijah's brother Rev. Lewis Craig led an exodus of up to 600 people known as " The Travelling Church " (composed of his parents, younger siblings, and most of his congregation from Spotsylvania County ) to

798-650: The Upper South during the first two decades after the Revolution. As more Baptists began to accept the institution of slavery, many of those who opposed slavery began to move west, often to the area that would later become Kentucky. Craig became politically active as the legislative liaison of the general convention and general association to Virginia's legislature as well as the ratification convention of 1788. As such, he worked with Patrick Henry and James Madison to protect religious freedom federally and in Virginia after

840-522: The Western Military Institute was offered in the newly constituted Montgomery Bell Academy , which was housed in new facilities that are now the campus of the George Peabody College of Teachers at Vanderbilt University . Georgetown, Kentucky Georgetown is a home rule-class city in Scott County , Kentucky , United States. The population was 37,086 at the 2020 census . It

882-457: The area by the state of Virginia. He named it Royal Spring but did not settle it. John McClellan was the first English colonist to settle the area and established McClellan's Station there in 1775, but the compound was abandoned following an Indian attack on December 29, 1776. In 1782, the Baptist preacher Elijah Craig led his congregation to the site from Orange County, Virginia, and established

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924-470: The area of Virginia known as Kentucky County (they were the largest single group to so migrate). Elijah Craig did not go with this group but followed a few years later. In 1782 (just after the Revolutionary War), Elijah Craig led the immigration of his congregation from Orange Co., VA, and purchased 1,000 acres (4.0 km ) in what was then Fayette County of Kentucky, where he planned and laid out

966-423: The banks of Elkhorn Creek in what is now Scott County for at least 15,000 years. At the time of European encounter, the historic Shawnee people occupied this area. Anglo-American exploration can be dated to the late colonial period and a June 1774 surveying expedition from Fincastle County, Virginia , led by Colonel John Floyd . For his military service, he was granted a claim of 1,000 acres (4.0 km ) in

1008-484: The beginning of the American Civil War . In 1855, the Western Military Institute merged with the University of Nashville , and the campus was moved to that city. The combined school offered university and high school instruction to young men, the latter continuing to operate under the name Western Military Institute, though the controlling organization in the merger was the University of Nashville. Sam Davis , "Boy Hero of

1050-491: The bourbon brand Elijah Craig produced by Heaven Hill Distilleries . Elijah Craig bourbon whiskey was made in both 12-year-old " Small Batch " and 18-year-old " Single Barrel " bottlings. The former 12-year-old expression has lost the age statement. The 18-Year-Old Single Barrel Bourbon is touted by its producer as "The oldest Single Barrel Bourbon in the world at 18 years ..." made in oak barrels that are "hand selected by Parker and Craig Beam", losing nearly 2 ⁄ 3 of

1092-563: The city was 87.5% White , 7.0% African American , 0.3% Native American , 1.2% Asian , 0.0% Pacific Islander , 1.9% from other races , and 2.1% from two or more races . Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 4.3% of the population. There were 10,733 households, out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.6% were married couples living together, 14.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.6% were non-families. 24.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.6% had someone living alone who

1134-622: The expulsion of Craig and his party. In 1795 Craig was among the 35 founding members of McConnell's Church, near McConnells Run (that later moved and became known as Stamping Ground Baptist Church). Both churches were part of the Elkhorn Association of Baptist churches. Elijah Craig was active in education, establishing the first classical school in Kentucky in 1787. His advertisement in The Kentucky Gazette read: Education. Notice

1176-411: The family farm. During the 1960s, the construction of Interstate 75 placed the city on one of the nation's busiest highways. The selection of Georgetown as the site of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky in 1985 has resulted in the greatest period of growth in the city's history. The historic Ward Hall , now home to The Ward Hall Preservation Foundation, is located just outside Georgetown. Ward Hall

1218-486: The largest employers in the city are: Georgetown is home to Toyota Stadium . Toyota Stadium hosts Georgetown College 's Football Team and Lexington SC . Lexington SC is a club of the third-division of the professional soccer league, USL League One . Georgetown College is a private liberal arts college located in the downtown area of Georgetown. Baptist Seminary of Kentucky is a seminary in Georgetown. Public education in Georgetown and Scott County consists of

1260-540: The new congregation, including himself. His older brother Lewis and younger brother Joseph Craig also became Baptist preachers. In 1768 Lewis was imprisoned with John Waller , James Childs, James Reed and William Marsh in the Fredericksburg jail for several weeks, for preaching without licenses from the established Anglican Church. In 1771 Elijah Craig was ordained and became the pastor of Blue Run church, halfway between Barboursville and Liberty Mills, Virginia . He

1302-731: The region's bourbon to markets along the Ohio River. In 1896 a girl's academy was founded by the Catholic Sisters of Visitation . The school closed in 1987, and was adapted as the Cardome Centre . It previously served as a community center for the city of Georgetown, but was purchased by the Catholic Diocese of Lexington in 2019. Throughout the 20th century, Georgetown has been in transition from an economy based primarily on agriculture, to one mixing manufacturing, small business, and

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1344-527: The southern and eastern part of the city as a bypass, leading northeast 21 mi (34 km) to Cynthiana and southwest 11 mi (18 km) to Midway . US 460 runs east−west through the town, leading east 17 mi (27 km) to Paris and west 18 mi (29 km) to Frankfort , the state capital. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 15.85 square miles (41 km ), all land. Georgetown has

1386-494: The state. Major highways that run through the city include Interstate 75 and US Routes 25 , 62 , and 460 . Numerous state highways run through the city. I-75 runs to the east of downtown, with access from exits 125, 126, 127, and 129. Via I-75, downtown Lexington is 16 mi (26 km) south, and Cincinnati , Ohio is 69 mi (111 km) north. US 25 runs through the center of town, leading south to Lexington and north 22 mi (35 km) to Corinth . US 62 runs along

1428-424: The third quarter. It is desired that, as many as can, would furnish themselves with beds; such as cannot may be provided for here, to the number of eight or ten boys, at 35s a year for each bed. ELIJAH CRAIG. LEBANON, December 27, 1787. The school was later linked to the Rittenhouse Academy, which Craig founded in 1798. Elijah Craig also donated land for Georgetown College , the first Baptist college founded west of

1470-446: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.09. The age distribution was 27.9% under 18 and 8.3% who were 65 or older. The median age was 31.7 years. The median income for a household in the city was $ 51,692. The per capita income for the city was $ 24,376. About 13.9% of the population was below the poverty line . According to the city's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,

1512-479: Was also jailed in Orange and Culpeper counties at least twice for preaching without the required Virginia license from the Anglican Church. Such preachers were considered a challenge to the entire social order of the colony, as the established state church received funding from the colony. In 1774, the convention of independent Baptists designated Elijah Craig and John Waller as apostles (missionaries) to evangelize north of

1554-640: Was an American Baptist preacher , who became an educator and capitalist entrepreneur in the area of Virginia that later became the state of Kentucky . He has sometimes, although rather dubiously, been credited with the invention of bourbon whiskey . Craig was born in Orange County, Virginia in 1738, the 5th child of Polly Hawkins and Taliaferro or Toliver Craig, Sr. Converted by Baptist David Thomas in 1764, Elijah Craig soon began holding meetings in his tobacco barn. In 1766, he convinced David Read to travel from North Carolina to baptize members of

1596-479: Was changed to George Town in honor of President George Washington in 1790. When Kentucky became the 15th U.S. state in 1792 and formed Scott County , George Town became the county seat. Its name was formally changed to Georgetown in 1846. The county developed an agricultural economy, as it was part of the fertile Bluegrass Region . Planters cultivated tobacco and hemp, and raised blooded livestock, including Thoroughbred racehorses, and cattle and sheep. During

1638-511: Was in 1874 (this includes a brief entry in a densely packed list without mentioning Craig himself or providing any documentation of the claim, and without any elaboration as to what distinguished the product as the first bourbon). Craig continued to prosper, eventually owning more than 4,000 acres (16 km ) and enough slaves to cultivate it, and operating a retail store in Frankfort . He died in Georgetown in 1808. John Taylor wrote of him in A History of Ten Baptist Churches , "His preaching

1680-537: Was never in Bourbon County , as some have claimed. As it happened, both Fayette County and Bourbon County were named in honor of the noted Revolutionary War Gen. Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette , a French aristocrat of the royal House of Bourbon . American whiskey authority Charles Kendrick Cowdery believes Craig was making exactly the same kind of whiskey as most of his contemporaries, and historian Henry Crowgey calls his reputed invention of bourbon simply

1722-595: Was of the most solemn style; his appearance as of a man who had just come from the dead; of a delicate habit, a thin visage, large eyes and mouth; the sweet melody of his voice, both in preaching and singing, bore all down before it." The Kentucky Gazette eulogized Craig as follows, "He possessed a mind extremely active and, as his whole property was expended in attempts to carry his plans to execution, he consequently died poor. If virtue consists in being useful to our fellow citizens, perhaps there were few more virtuous men than Mr. Craig." Craig may be most widely known by

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1764-679: Was the summer home of Junius Ward . The home represents the height of the Greek Revival period of architecture in Kentucky and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The Georgetown business section has a historic district known as the Oxford Historic District . It is also listed on the NRHP. Georgetown is located north of Lexington in the Bluegrass region of

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