City of Cold Spring, Kentucky

Located along US 27 between Highland Heights and Alexandria. Cold Spring was incorporated in 1941. The city name comes from the cold water found in a natural spring located in the area.

As early as the 1870's, Cold Spring had its own school district with a board of trustees and in 1876, the state approved creation of the District of Cold Spring with limited city powers. The city post office of 1883 sat on a spot next to the old Pike 27 Drive-in Theater.

The movement to make Cold Spring into a city came in 1940. It was started to prevent Highland Heights from annexing the Cold Spring area. Highland Heights incorporated in 1927. The Cold Spring petition was filed in January 1941 and was approved in March of the same year.

An old city landmark was St. Joseph Orphanage, which opened in 1866. It merged with St. John's Orphanage in Ft Mitchell in 1961. The Disabled American Veterans building, dedicated in 1966 now sits on the site.

Other old landmarks were Fahrenholtz's picnic grounds, that later became the home for Provident Bank. Holly Hill was the former Campbell County Protestant Orphans Home; the city purchased the site and converted it into a city building. Buckskin Bev's is the former site of the old Plantation Inn and later the Guys and Dolls nightclub.