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Pikesville

Ghost town · Monroe County, Kentucky

Red Boiling Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1931, 1:62,500)
Red Boiling Springs quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1931, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pikesville is a ghost town in Monroe County, Kentucky. It is one of 2 former communities in Monroe County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 90th among the 101 Kentucky counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pikesville as a historical populated place on the Fountain Run topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 36.7382° N, 85.8895° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleFountain Run
Nearest living townFountain Run, KY
Distance to it3.8 miles
GNIS feature ID2813764
Coordinates36.73815, -85.88948

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What's there now

Pikesville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Fountain Run, KY (population 306), about 3.8 miles away in a straight line. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Pikesville?

Pikesville is in Monroe County, Kentucky, at 36.7382, -85.8895.

How many ghost towns are in Monroe County?

Monroe County, Kentucky has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.