Mays Lick

History

May's Lick was founded in 1788 by 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) Abraham, Cornelius, and Isaac Drake were brothers, and John and Mary Shotwell were siblings. The group purchased 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 same year, the Commonwealth of Virginia established Mason County. May's Lick became the name of the town after first being called May's Spring.

Geography

Mays Lick is in southern Mason County, southwest of downtown Maysville. U.S. Route 68 runs along the eastern edge of the community, leading north to Maysville and to Ohio, and southwest to Lexington. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Mays Lick CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.31%, are water. The community is drained by several small streams that flow north to Lees Creek, a north-flowing tributary of the North Fork of the Licking River, which joins the Ohio River at Covington.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  223
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  214
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  193
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  191
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  189
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  172
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  169
• Common Grackle

  Quiscalus quiscula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  137