Ballard/Carlisle County Historical Genealogical Society
This 5th class city and seat of Ballard County is on US 51, 60, 62 and the Mississippi River, 189 miles southwest of downtown Louisville. The town was laid out in 1880 on the site of a small settlement and named for Col Charles A. Wickliffe, attorney, state legislator, Confederate Officer, and nephew and namesake of Kentucky's 1th governor, who inherited the land that his pioneer grandfather, Col. Benjamin Logan, had received for Revolutionary War service. The post office at Fort Jefferson 1 mile south, had been moved to this site the year before, and in 1882, when Wickliffe was incorporated as a town, the county seat was transferred there from Blandville (after a courthouse fire had destroyed all county records).
1512 Wickliffe Rd.
Wickliffe, Ky. 42087
270-335-3640
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