Taylorsport, Kentucky

Taylorsport is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Kentucky, in the United States.

[1] Founded in 1827 as a warehouse and ferry crossing at the mouth of Elijah's Creek marked the beginning of Taylorsport.

In 1836, James Taylor Jr. of Campbell County established a ferry here and named the town after himself.

Over the years, Taylorsport has lost a street, a row of houses, and a cemetery to the waters of the Ohio River.

It destroyed Morehead Marine Service, damaged 50 homes, 20 barns, and 186 boats, and killed 50 dairy cows in both communities.