Lexington officials are raising money to protect and honor historic, Black rural hamlets in Fayette County.
A steering committee, made up of city officials, local historians and Black leaders, has identified 20 historic Black hamlets that were once in Fayette County’s rural area.
Due to racist policies such as deed restrictions that kept Black and other minorities from owning property in certain areas, many Black freed slaves settled in rural areas in Fayette County.
Many of those Black hamlets, which frequently had stores, schools and multiple churches, have been lost to new development.
The city has launched an effort to make sure those communities are remembered through “A Sense of Place” campaign. The campaign seeks to document rural Black hamlets but also to preserve and educate the community about those hamlets.
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