The town sits just off Interstate 64 and among several major thoroughbred breeding operations, such as Three Chimneys Farm and former Gov.

In 2003, faced with a declining downtown, the city began major streetscape renovation project as part of Main Street Kentucky.

An active business association holds events every month of the year, and the city is a starting point or waypoint for several road races that wind through the surrounding countryside.

[7] On January 31, 1835, the local farmer John Francisco sold his 216.375-acre (87.564 ha) farm to the Lexington and Ohio Railroad for $6,491.25.

Early in the 1960s, Schenley Products donated the property, building and equipment to the Midway Woman's College.

He admitted to the robbery but denied shooting the men, and claimed that the facility's superintendent of bottling, Samuel Seay, had a deal with James and others to share the proceeds of the stolen liquor.

James was convicted of murder, but one member of the jury refused to vote for his execution on religious grounds.

Edwin P. Morrow removed the sheriff from his post, local voters elected his wife to replace him.

[8][9][10][11] Midway is located in the northern section of Woodford County in the Bluegrass region of Kentucky, an area with farms that produce tobacco, corn, soybeans, cattle, and horses.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.1 square miles (2.8 km2), all land.

[18] The climate in this area is characterized by hot, humid summers and generally mild to cool winters.