1838-1903 Lexington City Directories Available

We are pleased to announce that Lexington city directories from 1838-1903 have been digitized and uploaded to ExploreUK. These are an addition to the 1904-1953 directories already available online.

• Directory of the City of Lexington and County of Fayette for 1838 and '39

• Maydwell's Lexington city directory, for 1867: to which is appended a list of Kentucky postoffices and court officers, and many forms useful to business men 
   
• Prather's Lexington City Directory for 1875 and 1876, Containing a Complete List of Residents, and a Classified Business Directory, Of the Mercantile, Manufacturing and Professional Interests of the City
  
  
• Williams' Lexington City Directory, for 1881-82.
  
  
• Townsend Co.'s Lexington city directory for 1883-84.
  
  
• Sholes' Directory of the City of Lexington, and list of business, professions and tax-payers in Georgetown, Nicholasville, Versailles and Winchester, 1885-6.
  
  
• City Directory of Lexington, Ky. 1888
  
  
• Lexington Directory, 1890.
   
• Prather's Directory of the City of Lexington, Kentucky. August, 1895.
  
  
• Emerson Dark's Lexington Directory (illustrated) 1898-9.
  
  
• The Lexington City Directory and Rural Postal Delivery Routes for 1902-1903  
  
  
  
  Not unlike today’s phone books and magazines, these directories are riddled with advertisements. Check out the cover of the 1888 directory.