Historic Districts
Kentucky - McLean County
McLean County Kentucky has 15 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 9 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Archeological Site No. 15McL16, Archeological Site No. 15McL17, Austin Site (15McL15), Barrett Site (15McL4) and Butterfield Site (15McL7).

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Middle Archaic, Late Archaic, Woodland, Et Al., Mississippian, Early Archaic and Late Prehistoric dating back to 10999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these McLean County historic places including Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden and Nathan Bedford Forrest. Prominent architectural styles found in McLean Country are .

Archaeological Site 15 McL 18 (added 1982 - - #82002738)
Also known as Wilson-Seymour Shell Mound
Address Restricted , Livermore
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Middle Archaic, Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Extractive Facility
Archeological Site 15McL22 (added 1986 - - #86003897)
Also known as 15McL22
Address Restricted , Rumsey
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Owner:
Private
Archeological Site 15McL26 (added 1986 - - #86003894)
Also known as 15McL26
Address Restricted , Livermore
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Owner:
Private
Archeological Site No. 15McL16 (added 1986 - - #86000648)
Also known as 15McL16
Address Restricted , Rumsey
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Forest
Archeological Site No. 15McL17 (added 1986 - - #86000649)
Also known as 15Mc17
Address Restricted , Livermore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Landscape
Current Sub-function:
Unoccupied Land
Austin Site (15McL15) (added 1986 - - #86000650)
Also known as 15McL15
Address Restricted , Calhoun
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Barrett Site (15McL4) (added 1986 - - #86003787)
Also known as 15McL4
Address Restricted , Owensboro
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Science, Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Battle of Sacramento Battlefield (added 1998 - - #97000875)
Jct. of KY 81 and KY 85 , Sacremento
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Person, Event
Historic Person:
Forrest, Nathan Bedford
Significant Year:
1861
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Defense
Historic Sub-function:
Battle Site
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
More Information:
Butterfield Site (15McL7) (added 1986 - - #86000651)
Also known as 15McL7
Address Restricted , Livermore
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Archaic, Woodland, Et Al.
Period of Significance:
9000-10999 BC, 7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1600-1649, 1500-1599, 1499-1000 AD, 1000-2999 BC, 1000 AD-999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Crowe Shell Midden (15McL109) (added 1986 - - #86000652)
Also known as 15McL109
Address Restricted , Kirtley
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Archaic
Period of Significance:
7000-8999 BC, 5000-6999 BC, 3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Ebelhar Shell Midden (15McL121) (added 1986 - - #86003895)
Also known as 15McL121
Address Restricted , Owensboro
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Owner:
Private
Ford, R. D., Shell Midden (15McL2) (added 1986 - - #86000653)
Also known as 15McL2
Address Restricted , Ashbyburg
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic
Period of Significance:
3000-4999 BC, 1000-2999 BC
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Griffith-Franklin House (added 1975 - - #75002061)
Also known as Crittenden Headquarters;History House
207 W. 2nd St. , Calhoun
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Historic Significance:
Person
Historic Person:
Crittenden,Brig. Gen. Thomas L.
Significant Year:
1854, 1861
Area of Significance:
Military
Period of Significance:
1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
More Information:
Hollins Site (15McL24) (added 1986 - - #86003788)
Also known as 15McL24
Address Restricted , Rumsey
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Mississippian, Archaic
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Camp
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
Yankee Site (15McL13) (added 1986 - - #86003789)
Also known as 15McL13
Address Restricted , Rumsey
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Prehistoric
Cultural Affiliation:
Late Archaic, Early Archaic, Late Prehistoric
Period of Significance:
1499-1000 AD
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Funerary
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Graves/Burials
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields
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