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We would like to provide the residents of  Mays Lick  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Mays Lick Home page. The Mays Lick Home page provides as much information as possible on Mays Lick. Knowing Mays Lick’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Mays Lick’s Home page, you will also find Mays Lick’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Mays Lick has a population of 250. 51.6% of Mays Lick’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.4 are female. 63.9% of Mays Lick is married and 94% own their own home. The Average Home price is $95,831. Household median income in Mays Lick is $103,125, and the individual median income is $45,486. Mays Lick’s Ethnic is the following: White(90.8%), Black(9.2%).


Local Government Officials: The Mayor of May's Lick is Joe Jolly. The Vice Mayor is Devin Hull. The Constable is Joe Collins. May's Lick was founded in 1788 by the following six families from Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Abraham Drake (1751–1805) Cornelius Drake (1754–1833) Isaac Drake (1756–1832), father of (i) Daniel Drake (1785–1852), American physician and author, and (ii) Benjamin Drake (1795–1841), American historian, editor, and writer; Daniel Drake's son, Charles Daniel Drake (1811–1892), was a United States Senator from Missouri and an anti-slavery politician David Morris (1746–1798) and wife, Mary née Shotwell (1748–1806) John Shotwell (1753–1826) and wife, Abigail née Shipman (1754–1835)Note 1: Abraham, Cornelius, and Isaac Drake were brothers Note 2: John and Mary Shotwell were siblingsThe group purchased 1,400 acres of land from William May (for whom the community was named) near the salt lick in southern Mason county and began to build a community.


The Mays Lick Post Office opened in 1800. Kentucky's first consolidated school and first school transportation – consisting of a horse and wagon – was founded in Mays Lick.When May's Lick was founded (1788), Kentucky was part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. That year (1788), the Commonwealth of Virginia established Mason County.


May's Lick became the name of the town after first being called May's Spring.


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