Pellville
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Settlement of Pellville, originally called Bucksnort, began on the Hardinsburg-Owensboro Trail. The first post office established 1851 under name of Blackford, changed to Pellville 1868 in honor of Samuel P. Pell, state legislator (1855-1856) and Hancock County sheriff (1850-1864). Pellville incorporated February 25, 1870.
Presented by Hancock County Fiscal Court.
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