Official Name: | Lair, Kentucky |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Lair |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Harrison |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 738 |
Coordinates: | 38.3419°N -84.3078°W |
Area Code: | 859 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 495908 |
Lair is an unincorporated community in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States. Lair is located on U.S. Route 27, 3.4miles south of Cynthiana.[1]
The community was named after Isaac Newton Lair, an early settler.[2] A post office was established as Lair's Station in 1860, was renamed Lair in 1882, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1920.[3] In the 1870s, the community contained a store, two gristmills, and two distilleries.[4]