Eskippakithiki

Eskippakithiki
Indigenous settlement
Eskippakithiki
Location within the state of Kentucky
Eskippakithiki
Eskippakithiki (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°56′22.4″N 83°59′51.1″W / 37.939556°N 83.997528°W / 37.939556; -83.997528

Eskippakithiki was a Shawnee village and the last known Native American settlement in the state of Kentucky. The name "Eskippakithiki" means "Blue Licks Town" in the Shawnee language. It was located approximately at Indian Old Fields, which was an unincorporated community in Clark County, Kentucky. It was established around 1718 by the Shawnee, which abandoned the settlement at the beginning of the French and Indian War (approximately 1754–55).

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