Use the back button to select a different record. Maddoxtown
(Fayette County, KY) Start Year : 1871 The unofficial date for
the community's beginning has been given as 1871, though the
Maddoxtown Baptist Church was established in 1867, so the
community may very well have been established prior to 1871.
Maddoxtown is named for Samuel Maddox, a landowner who sold his
subdivided land of 1 1/2 - 2 acre lots to African Americans. The
community is located along Huffman Mill Pike in Fayette County.
By 1877 seven African American families populated the community,
and over time larger lots were sold and the community continued
to grow. Mattie and George Clay were two of the first
homeowners. Nearly 100 people lived in the area in the early
1900s, but many have left the rural community for the city. A
picture of the new Maddoxtown Colored School, dated 1929, along
with several other pictures of the school and students, are
available in the Kentucky Digital Library - Images. For more see
M. Davis, "Settlement tales part