Fayette County Street and Residential Directories

The map in the 1942 street directory shows horse farms and major roads.
The Kentucky Room's collections contain Lexington's residential directories going back over 200 years, and are some of the most useful resources for researchers looking for family information, neighborhood histories, and house histories.
Viewable Fayette County directories
- 1806 Lexington City Directory (UK Archive)
- 1818 Lexington City Directory (UK Archive)
- 1838-39 Lexington City Directory (UK Archive)
- 1864-65 Lexington City Williams' Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1867 Lexington City Madywell's Directory (UK Archive)
- 1875-76 Lexington City Prather's Directory (UK Archive)
- 1877-78 Lexington City Hellrigle's Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1881-82 Lexington City Williams' Directory (UK Archive)
- 1883-84 Lexington City Townsend Directory (UK Archive)
- 1885-86 Lexington City Shole's Directory (UK Archive)
- 1888 Lexington City Directory (UK Archive)
- 1890 Lexington City Directory (UK Archive)
- 1895 Lexington City Prather's Directory (UK Archive)
- 1898-99 Lexington City Emerson & Dark's Directory (UK Archive)
- 1902-03 Lexington City Directory (UK Archive)
- 1904-05 Lexington City Directory (UK Archive)
- 1908 Lexington City Polk Cross Directory ( UK Archive)
- 1909 Lexington City Polk Cross Directory (UK Archive)
- 1911 Lexington City Directory (UK Archive)
- 1912 Lexington City Directory (UK Archive)
- 1912 Fayette County Rural Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1914-15 Lexington City Polk Cross Directory (UK Archive)
- 1916-17 Lexington City Polk Cross Directory (UK Archive)
- 1919 Lexington City Polk Cross Directory (UK Archive)
- 1921 Lexington City Polk Cross Directory (UK Archive)
- 1923 Lexington City Cross Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1933 Lexington Telephone Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1940 Lexington City Polk Cross Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1940 Fayette County Rural Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1942 Lexington Street Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1942 Lexington Business and Professional Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1944 Lexington Phone Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1956 Lexington Street Directory (LPL Archive)
- 1971 Fayette County Farm Directory (LPL Archive)