Editing Upton, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Upton was founded in 1841, and was initially known as "Leesville."  It was renamed in 1856 in honor of [[George Washington Upton]], who had helped develop the area as a stop along the [[Louisville and Nashville Railroad|L&N Railroad]].<ref>Nancy Capace, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Jhf4DaW0goQC&dq= Encyclopedia of Kentucky]'' (Somerset Publishers, 1999), p. 260.</ref>

Upton was one of the targets of [[Confederate States Army|Confederate]] [[John Hunt Morgan]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]]. Upton was on the [[L&N Railroad]], one of the key north–south railroads for the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. The train station and nearby bridges were attacked during the day on December 26, 1862. The [[Union Army|Union]] forces were quickly defeated and Morgan took advantage of the telegraph station in Upton to gather intelligence on Union troop disposition. Morgan then left Upton to destroy bridges at nearby [[Bacon Creek (Kentucky)|Bacon Creek]] in [[Bonnieville, Kentucky|Bonnieville]] and on the [[Nolin River]].<ref>''L&N Magazine'', 1932, reprinted in the ''Kentucky Explorer'', Volume 23, No.7, January 2009. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19981111183500/http://kentuckyexplorer.com/ ''Kentucky Explorer'' website]}}</ref>