In every issue, the Kentucky Explorer
prints selections from a 1879 Gazetteer
of Kentucky. Here’s the list from
Morning View, Kentucky

Town Description

On the Licking River, in the southern part of Kenton County, 21 miles
south of Covington, the county seat, on the K. C. R. R; and 150 miles
northeast of Louisville. Adams Express. Daily mail. R. H. Simpcoe, postmaster.

Business Directory

Bridges & Elliott, coopers.
Brungs Bros, leaf tobacco
Cook Henry, cooper
Daniels C K, plasterer
Daniels J H H, farmer
Daniels Lewis, farmer
Dunn Hezekiah, ferryman.
Lambert A K, shoemaker.
McKinley B F, flour mill.
Morris James, blacksmith
Moss & Herndon, general store
Mullen S J, farmer
Pfanstiel F, blacksmith
Rouse A C, farmer
Rouse N T, miller
Rouse Calvin, teacher
Tanner L A, physician
Thomas Benjamin, saw mill
Threlkeld Wm, trader
Ward John, confectionery