Our History
Junction City was born when the Louisville and Nashville Railroad reached the area where it now sits. The city was originally known as Goresburgh for the proprietors of the Gore Hotel that was established there.
The Gore post office opened in 1880, was renamed Goresburgh in 1882, and immediately renamed Junction City once the Cincinnati Railroad had reached town. The Louisville and Nashville Station there was known as Danville Station.
The southeastern part of Junction City was a separate town known as Shelby City, named to honor Isaac Shelby, the first and fifth governor of Kentucky, who lived nearby. A south Danville post office opened there in 1886, was renamed Shelby City in 1887 and closed in 1926. The L&N station in town was known as Danville Station and the town was also known as Briartown.
