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The Midway Historic District of Midway, Kentucky, was designated by the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district on November 17, 1978. In 2003, faced with a declining downtown, a major streetscape renovation project began as part of the Kentucky Main Street Program.
History of Midway. As most of Central Kentucky knows, Historic Midway was the first town in Kentucky founded by a railroad, but the town’s history began long before that when the area was inhabited by Indian Mound Builders. Two large Indian mounds have been identified on farms nearby Midway, as well as several smaller such structures in the ...
Midway, Kentucky. SHARE. Midway (population 1,620) is located in Woodford County in Kentucky's Bluegrass Region. The community is the oldest railroad town in the State, with the first lots laid out by the Lexington and Ohio Railroad in 1835.
Midway was the first town in Kentucky founded by a railroad. The first lot was sold in 1835. The business section developed along Railroad Street, and by 1900 hotels, saloons, a large distillery, dry goods and grocery stores, many trades, churches and schools appeared.
November 17, 1978. West side of historic district. Midway was the first town built by a railroad company in Kentucky, established by the Lexington and Ohio Railroad, whose goal was to connect Lexington, Kentucky to the Ohio River, bypassing Louisville.
Midway is a city of Kentucky in the United States. [source?] Geography. Midway has a total area of 1.4 square miles.
101 East Main Street Midway, Kentucky 40347. 859-403-2042 Open Wednesday – Saturday 11am – 5pm Open Sunday Noon – 5p
