Editing Frenchburg, Kentucky (section)

==History==
[[File:Caudel House on Blythe Branch, in Frenchburg, Kentucky.jpg|thumb|left|210px|The historic Caudel House]]
Frenchburg was laid out in 1869 to be the county seat of newly formed Menifee County and was named for Robert French, a local lawyer and judge.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA110 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | date=1987 | access-date=28 April 2013 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=110| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA132 | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=132}}</ref> It was formally incorporated by the [[Kentucky Assembly|state assembly]] in 1871.<ref>Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Frenchburg, Kentucky". Accessed 26 July 2013.</ref>

Frenchburg was nearly destroyed on June 27, 1882, when Beaver Creek flooded, sweeping away all but three buildings and killing six people.<ref name="enc" />

In 1910, the United Presbyterian Center was established in Frenchburg as the only secondary education for Menifee County by Dr. Edward Owings Guerrant, a physician and preacher. A hospital was built in 1915 and served as the only one between Lexington and Ashland for many years. In 1978, the campus was admitted to the National Register for Historic Places as Frenchburg School Campus for its educational, social, and religious significance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/78001387_text|title=Frenchburg School Campus}}</ref>