Ghent
	A place of about 400 inhabitants, first settled in 1800, and incorporated as a city in 1852. It is situated on the Ohio river, in the northeast corner of Carroll county, 8 miles from Carrollton, the county seat, and 75 miles from Louisville. Liberty Station (Bramlette postoffice), 9 miles distant, is the nearest point by rail. Tobacco and country produce are its principal shipments. It contains a steam flouring mill, two churches, a college and public school. Stage to Liberty Station. Express, Adams. Daily mail. Wm. Howard, postmaster.
	Business Directory
	Cockerall, Fred., grocer. Craig, A.G., physician. Duffin & Johnson, Grocers. Ellis, P.C., physician. Frank & Craig, general store. Gains, F., physician. Howard, Samuel, physician. Howard, Wm., General Store. Howard, Samuel T. & G.L., druggists. McDonald, Mrs. M., milliner. Roberts, W., grocer. Stacy, Fred., express agent. Stevenson, J.H., General Store. Tandy, J. P., general store. Tandy, J.Q. & W.H., General Store. Whitaker, Captain, station agent.
	This info is from the Kentucky State Gazetteer and Business Directory, published in 1876-77 by R. L. Polk in Louisville. Items in bold were bolded in the original