Editing Junction City, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Junction City began when the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad]] reached the area. It was originally known as "Goresburg" for the proprietors of the Gore Hotel. The Gore post office opened in 1880, and was renamed Goresburg in 1882. The town was renamed "Junction City" when the [[Cincinnati Southern Railway]] reached town later that year, its tracks intersecting those of the L&N. The city was formally incorporated April 8, 1882, by the [[Kentucky Assembly|state assembly]].<ref name="sos">Commonwealth of Kentucky. Office of the Secretary of State. Land Office. "Junction City, Kentucky". Accessed 1 August 2013.</ref> The L&N station there was known as "Danville Junction" for its proximity to the larger city of [[Danville, Kentucky|Danville]].

The southeastern part of Junction City was once the separate town of '''Shelby City''', incorporated in 1867, and named for Kentucky's [[list of Kentucky governors|first governor]] [[Isaac Shelby]], who lived and was buried nearby. This community's separate post office was known as "South Danville" when it was established April 26, 1866, renamed Shelby City the next year (the eastern portion of Junction City is still known as Shelby City), and closed in 1926. It was also known as "Briartown" and its L&N station was called "Danville Station". The [[Isaac Shelby Cemetery State Historic Site|tomb of Kentucky's first governor]], Isaac Shelby, and his homestead [[Traveler's Rest (Shelby City, Kentucky)|Traveler's Rest]], is located across the [[Lincoln County, Kentucky|Lincoln County]] line, just south of this part of town.<ref name="atlas">{{cite web|url=http://www.uky.edu/KentuckyAtlas/ky-junction-city.html |title=Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer |accessdate=2008-11-01 }}</ref>