Editing Sanders, Kentucky (section)

==History==
The community was founded at a [[salt lick]] on the [[Buffalo Trace (road)|Buffalo Trace]] stretching from the [[Licking River (Kentucky)|Licking River]] to [[Drennon Springs]]. The community was first known as '''Rislerville''' for a local shopkeeper, but was known as '''Sanders'<!--sic-->&nbsp;Mill''' after the local [[gristmill|miller]] Nathaniel Sanders opened a post office in 1816. His son George Washington Sanders continued to operate the mill after his death.<ref name=ren>Rennick, Robert. ''Kentucky Place Names'', [https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&pg=PA263 p. 263]. University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 1987. Accessed 1 August 2013.</ref>

When the community was connected to the [[Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington Railroad]] in 1867, the station was first named '''Dixie''' by the locals but then changed to '''Liberty Station''' by the railroad, owing to the importance of the station's trade with nearby [[New Liberty, Kentucky|New Liberty]]. The name reverted to Sanders in 1874, according to local historian Anna Parker, owing to the influence of [[Kentucky Senate|State Senator]] [[Larkin Sanders]], who wanted to honor his father.<ref name=ren/>