Editing Fountain Run, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Fountain Run was originally called "Jamestown". The order establishing Jamestown on {{convert|50|acre}} of land owned by Jacob Goodman Sr. was entered in [[Barren County, Kentucky|Barren County]] Court Order Book #4 during November Court, 1816.<ref>Peden, Eva Coe; Gladys Benedict Wilson, Sandra K. Gorin, and Martha Powell Reneau. ''Barren County, Kentucky Order Book.'' Glasgow, Kentucky: S.K.L. Gorin, 1976.</ref> Jamestown, located in [[Monroe County, Kentucky|Monroe County]] after 1820, appears in public records and on maps with this name through the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>United States. ''The Official Atlas of the Civil War.'' New York: T. Yoseloff, 1958.</ref> The name was changed to "Fountain Run" for the new post office (1856)<ref>Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives.</ref> because of [[Jamestown, Kentucky|Jamestown]], already established as the county seat of [[Russell County, Kentucky|Russell County]].

Fountain Run was formally incorporated by the [[Kentucky General Assembly|state legislature]] in 1908.<ref>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Fountain Run, Kentucky". Accessed 26 July 2013.</ref>

Although not historically recorded as such, the name "Fountain Run" is traditionally believed to refer to the town's spring and stream branch, perhaps reminiscent of [[Stream|"run"]] as a name for streams in [[Colony of Virginia|colonial Virginia]].

"Jimtown" (diminutive of Jamestown) as a nickname for the town and community persisted after the new postal name of "Fountain Run" was created.  For example, the "Glasgow and Jimtown turnpike road" was authorized by an act of the Kentucky Legislature (Chapter 906), February 17, 1866, as a toll road between Glasgow and Fountain Run via currently marked [[Kentucky Route 249]], Kentucky Route 921, Defeated Creek Road, and [[Kentucky Route 87]]—see the 1879 Barren County map which reveals the most improved route of that era.<ref>Beers, D. G, J Lanagan, F Bourquin, Worley & Bracher, and D.G. Beers & Co. Map of Barren Co., Kentucky. Philadelphia: Beers & Lanagan, 1879. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012593100/</ref> This new toll road followed the route of the old "[Thomas] Flippin road" (est. 1799) to Dry Fork—Kentucky Route 249 today, then turned at the intersection to proceed via the current route of Highway 921 to Defeated Creek Road. The act also provided for a toll road branch that continued from Dry Fork via the Flippin road (a.k.a. Pikesville road after 1818) toward the "forks of Indian Creek"—also Kentucky Route 249 as straightened and improved, today.<ref>Kentucky. ''Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Passed at the Session of the General Assembly Which Was Begun and Held in the City of Frankfort, on Monday, the Fourth Day of December, 1865.'' Frankfort, Ky: Printed at the State Printing Office, George D. Prentice, State printer, 1866. pp. 804-6.</ref> This incorporated toll road and its branch road later reverted to public roads maintained by the local magistrates, but [[Kentucky Route 249]] retained its moniker as the "Jimtown Road" well into the 20th century.   Today, this route from Glasgow to Flippin and Fountain Run is more commonly known as the "Roseville Road".

Famed musician [[Billy Vaughn]] from Glasgow, Kentucky composed (1968) the song, "The Jimtown Road", inspired by this historic Barren County route, which was recorded (1969) by [[The Mills Brothers]], although the song's lyrics are mostly veiled references about Glasgow and [[Bowling Green, Kentucky]], instead of Fountain Run.<ref>Terry, Sam. "MY KENTUCKY: Billy Vaughn's magical melodies." Jobe Publishing. November 30, 2017, https://www.jpinews.com/2017/11/30/my-kentucky-billy-vaughns-magical-melodies/ Accessed: September 11, 2022.</ref>

Jimtown Academy was established in 1897 in Fountain Run as a school of private instruction that included "primary and preparatory departments", with W. B. Robinson as principal.<ref>''Biennial Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction of Kentucky''.  Document No. 11.  Louisville: Geo. G. Fetter Printing Co, 1897.  p. 784.</ref> Fountain Run elementary and high schools were also located here until consolidated.<ref>Monroe County Retired Teachers. ''Early School Days in Monroe County, Kentucky''. Utica, Ky: McDowell Publications, 2008. pp. 271–73.</ref>

The Monroe County section of ''Kentucky: A History of the State'' (1886) includes brief biographies of some prominent 19th-century citizens of the Fountain Run community.<ref>Collins, Lewis, and William Henry Perrin. ''Monroe County, Kentucky: History and Biographies.'' Signal Mountain, Tenn: Mountain Press, 2002.</ref> Two booklets authored by local resident Lucy Albright (1903–1985) have been widely recognized as sources of the traditional history of Fountain Run and of genealogies of some early families of the community.<ref>Albright, Lucy Goad. ''Fountain Run: Yesterday and Today.'' Fountain Run, Ky: Albright, 1955.</ref><ref>Albright, Lucy Goad. ''Drumbeat, the Bicentennial 1776-1976.'' Fountain Run, Ky: Albright, 1976.</ref> Histories of Monroe County that include this community have been more recently published.<ref>Montell, William Lynwood. ''Monroe County History, 1820–1970.'' Tompkinsville, Ky: Tompkinsville Lions Club, 1970.</ref><ref>Birdwell, Dayton. ''The History of Monroe County, Kentucky, 1820–1988.'' Tompkinsville, Ky: Monroe County Press, 1992.</ref>