West Hillcrest Drive in Princeton, Kentucky

West Hillcrest Drive in Princeton is a residential street. It runs in a southeast-northwest direction and ends in a cul-de-sac.

Road Type: residential street
Route: southeast-northwest

Tourist information centers

Preacher to Pioneers (Marker Number: 1278). Bishop Asbury named two itinerant Methodist preachers to Kentucky in 1786. One, Rev. Benjamin Ogden, had dedicated himself to religion after the Revolution. He preached in what is now Kentucky and Tennessee area. While inspiring countless pioneers, he e – approx. 0.8 mi.
Trail of Tears (Marker Number: 142). At this point on the "Varmintrace" Road from Princeton toward Cumberland River the Cherokee Indians in 1838 camped on the 1200-mile "Trail of Tears." The enforced trek began in the Great Smoky Mountains and led westward to Indian Ter – approx. 1.3 mi.
Shandy Hall (Princeton) (Marker Number: 1902). Shandy Hall, two-story stone home built on bluff above Big Spring, built by William Prince on his 200-acre survey made in 1798. Prince, a Rev. War veteran from S.C., began town on waters of Eddy Creek. In 1817, Princetown became county seat of Caldwell – approx. 1.3 mi.
Big Springs Park Information Board – approx. 1.3 mi.
Converging of Indian Trails (Marker Number: 1916) – approx. 1.3 mi.
Ogden Memorial United Methodist Church (Marker Number: 1932). Congregation organized in 1818 as Methodist Episcopal Church at home of Richard Barnes, a tanner. First meeting house later built beside his home on S. Jefferson St. Became M.E. Church, South, 1845, when national church split over slavery. Renamed to ho – approx. 1.3 mi.
Historic Educational Site (Marker Number: 1903). Six educational institutions have flourished here since 1860. Local citizens gave $20,000 and Dr. T.L. McNary six acres to establish Princeton College, 1860-80. Youth also served by Princeton Collegiate Inst., 1880-1911; Princeton High, 1911-23; Butler – approx. 1.3 mi.
Cumberland Presbyterian College (Marker Number: 1453). Site of college founded March, 1826, by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. First president was Rev. F. R. Cossitt. School opened with six students on some 500 acres of land bought for $6,000. A manual-labor school, students required to work 2 hours a d – approx. 1.4 mi.
Princeton First Baptist Church (Marker Number: 2195). First Baptist Church, organized on March 30, 1850, under the leadership of the Rev. James Mansfield and a presbytery from Donaldson, Harmony, and New Bethel Baptist Churches, began with 11 members. The 1st church, built in 1851, stood on Vine Street. It – approx. 1.4 mi.

Banks

Farmers Bank and Trust, Co. (United Bancorp-Princeton, with ATM, Drive-through, opening hours: 8–16:30) at West Washington 111 (42445). Drive thru open m-th 7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Office open m - th 8:30 a.m - 4 p.m. f - 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. – approx. 1.3 mi.
First Southern National Bank (FSNB, with ATM, Drive-through) at West Washington Street 101 (42445) – approx. 1.3 mi.

Supermarkets

Food Giant at East Legion Drive 410 (42445) – approx. 0.9 mi.

Hearing aid centers

Princeton Hearing Aid Center - Beltones – approx. 1.0 mi.

Furniture stores

Brantley's Furniture (opening hours: Mon–Fri 9–17; Sat 9–14; Sun closed) at West Main Street 121 (42445) – approx. 1.3 mi.

Hair salons

Big Boy's Barber Shop (opening hours: Mon–Fri 8–17; Sat 8–12; Sun closed) at West Main Street 117 (42445) – approx. 1.3 mi.

Drugstores

Princeton Drug Store (opening hours: Mon–Fri 8:30–17:30; Sat 8:30–14:30; Sun closed) at West Main Street 103 (42445) – approx. 1.3 mi.

Dentist offices

Dr. David Lee Oliver, DMD (Dr. David Lee Oliver, DMD) at East Main Street 202 (42445) – approx. 1.4 mi.

Florists

Ann's Silk Flower Arrangements & Gifts (opening hours: Mon, Sun closed; Tue–Thu 10–15; Fri, Sat 10–14) at West Main Street 115 (42445) – approx. 1.3 mi.
Blooms By the Brooke - Florals and Gifts (opening hours: MON: 10 AM - 5 PM TUE: 10 AM - 5 PM WED: 10 AM - 5 PM THU: 10 AM - 5 PM FRI: 10 AM - 5 PM SAT: 10 AM - 2 PM SUN: CLOSED) at West Main Street 107 (42445) – approx. 1.3 mi.