Georgetown, KY Townhome for Sale

First settled in the late 1700s, Georgetown, Kentucky, put its name on the map with the invention of bourbon whiskey. “Elijah Craig founded Georgetown and he’s known as the father of bourbon, so we have a little historical marker downtown that says: ‘The Birthplace of Bourbon,’” explains Dylan Marson, public relations assistant for Georgetown/Scott County Tourism. “We’ve got a nice historic downtown area with a lot of small businesses, restaurants and shopping, a lot of history down there, especially surrounding bourbon history.” In the 1980s, the city’s reputation changed entirely when Toyota built its largest manufacturing plant in the world in Georgetown. Since then, the city’s population has exploded. In 2023 Georgetown's population was around 39,000 people, or nearly four times its population in 1980. “There’s folks like myself who’ve been here a long time, but we’re in the minority now,” says lifelong resident and Scott County Schools district athletic director, Daniel Wells. “We’ve had an extreme amount of growth in our community, but we have a small-town feel still.” In addition to being an auto manufacturing town, Georgetown is home to Georgetown College and Georgetown