Illinois Central Railroad

ID: 2941
This file appears in: County Named, 1810

A photograph of the Illinois Central Railroad cut at Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky. Courtesy of Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: County Named, 1810

By Ashlee Chilton
Historical Marker #873 notes the naming of Grayson County for Colonel William Grayson, an aide to General George Washington during the Revolutionary War. George Washington purchased five thousand…