If you're looking for aged country hams (and quite frankly, who isn't?) you've come to the right place. Princeton, Kentucky is the home of Col. Bill Newsome's Aged Kentucky Ham, a traditional smokehouse owned and operated by the Newsome family since 1975. Since the hams are cured, they stay "fresh" for many years, which is how Newsome's is able to keep some of its award-winning hams on display in glass casings. Who's hungry?
Princeton, Kentucky is located in the southwest corner of the state right off Interstate 69 -- about 175 miles from Louisville and 210 miles from Lexington
If you're looking for aged country hams (and quite frankly, who isn't?) you've come to the right place. Princeton, Kentucky is the home of Col. Bill Newsome's Aged Kentucky Ham, a traditional smokehouse owned and operated by the Newsome family since 1975. Since the hams are cured, they stay "fresh" for many years, which is how Newsome's is able to keep some of its award-winning hams on display in glass casings. Who's hungry?
Princeton, Kentucky is located in the southwest corner of the state right off Interstate 69 -- about 175 miles from Louisville and 210 miles from Lexington. It's a region ripe with American history, from the annual Black Patch Festival (which commemorates the Black Patch Tobacco Wars, widely considered one of the most violent civil uprisings in the history of the U.S.) to being a stop on the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail, which traverses parts of nine states leading right through Princeton. Alcohol sales have only been legal within the Princeton city limits since 2012, when the city finally voted to overturn laws that had been in place since Prohibition. At the heart of downtown Princeton lies the Caldwell County Courthouse, itself surrounded by many older brick buildings that house small businesses, restaurants and cafes -- some of which have sweet apartments for rent on the second floor.
There are a lot of real estate options around town, especially if you're in the market for a house, so give yourself plenty of time to look for a place to rent in Princeton.
What You'll Find
There's a good mix here of rental homes and homes that are owned, so finding a place to rent shouldn't be too difficult. There's everything from remodeled individual homes to one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments and duplexes ... you name it, Princeton's got it. You should be able to decide on a location and a rental home in just a couple of weeks because Princeton itself is not that large, and most of the town is centered around downtown.
What to Expect
Another positive aspect of so many rental homes being privately owned is that you may not have to pay a rental application fee because many individual landlords don't use fee-based services to conduct background and credit checks, relying instead on your prior rental references. Even though downtown Princeton has upstairs apartments for rent, you won't find any big city-style apartments or luxury apartments here. Since the area is further away from large population centers like Lexington and Louisville, property rental prices here tend to be lower, which is great news for you! If you stay flexible in your look around town for places to rent, you might even luck out and find one that's all utilities paid.
Since Princeton is so tiny it's not sectioned off into neighborhoods, but there are some distinct areas within the city limits.
Downtown: The area around downtown has many individual homes and apartment buildings fanning out in every direction from the center of town. A large portion of Princeton remains undeveloped, green areas with walking trails and lots of shade.
Southern Downtown: Farmland runs along this side of the downtown area.
Northern Princeton: If you want a home rental with a little land try looking around the north side of town, where the lots are larger, and although the homes may be a little older, typically they are more spacious than what you'll find in other areas of town.
There is a lot more to do in Princeton than many towns of its size. Check out Big Spring, a large and natural spring flow right at the center of downtown (around which Princeton originally was built). Take in the living history museum at the Adsmore Museum, located just a couple of blocks north of the Caldwell County Courthouse. If golfing is your thing, you can play a round of golf at the Princeton Golf & Country Club, which is located at the southern end of town. There are many other opportunities for outdoor recreation here as well, including fishing and hunting, hiking and biking, and even camping at nearby Jones-Keeney Wildlife Management Area and its 2,000 acres of mostly forested land with scenic overlooks and bow and rifle ranges. You won't find any big box stores, malls or even strip malls for shopping here, but that just adds to Princeton's quaint charm and slowed-down pace.
