Huntertown | Kentucky Studies

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KET Kentucky Huntertown Woodford County Black hamlets free towns Black history Reconstruction Black communities land ownership emancipation Civil War veterans historic preservation wetlands Bluegrass Parkway US Colored Troops Kentucky Studies Kentucky history African American history freedmen freedmen’s towns Freedmen’s Bureau
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Huntertown | Kentucky Studies

Huntertown was a Black community founded after the Civil War in Woodford County, located in Central Kentucky. It was one of many Black hamlets, or free towns, in the region, where people who were formerly slaves settled to make new lives for themselves.
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