Stithton, Kentucky, was an agricultural community founded by Thomas Stith in the early 1850's and absorbed into the Camp Knox military reservation in 1918. The community had nearly 400 inhabitants, two banks, three stores, three churches, two elementary schools, and three doctors. It first served as a station for the Louisville-Nashville Turnpike, which followed the general trace of Wilson Road one mile to the east. Later, the Illinois Central Railroad passed through the village, providing daily passenger and freight service. Shortly after the railroad was built, the turnpike was designated Dixie Highway and rerouted to pass through this point and southward to the street past the post chapel, one of the few buildings remaining from the early community.