Campbellsville: from Andrew Campbell’s lots to a county seat

He laid the town out with his wife Rebecca and his brothers James, Adam, Michael, and David, on ground that was still in Green County. The state marker says the place was first settled about 1800, names Adam and Andrew among the founders, and records that Andrew died in 1819.

Taylor County, Kentucky’s 100th county, was cut from Green in 1848 and named for Gen. Zachary Taylor. Campbellsville became the seat, and the town sold the public square to the county for one dollar so a courthouse could be built. Taylor County has claimed the state’s geographic center, which the city motto repeats as the city in the middle of the commonwealth. The map pin marks the town.