Patesville is an unincorporated community in Hancock County, Kentucky United States.

[1] Patesville had a post office established in 1813.

During the civil war there was a battle between Union troops led by John Clark and Confederate guerrillas led by Sue Mundy, Henry Magruder, and Bill Davison.

At its largest, in the 1890s, the town had several general stores, a blacksmith, sawmill, hotel, drugstore, a hat maker, and an undertaker.

This Hancock County, Kentucky state location article is a stub.