Garrard is a coal town in Clay County, Kentucky, United States on the junction of United States Highway 421 and Kentucky Highway 80, 2.5 miles south of Manchester. It was established in 1806 by James Garrard's son Daniel as a salt works, he having bought the land in 1798, but didn't actually gain the name until the Cumberland and Manchester Railroa…Garrard is a coal town in Clay County, Kentucky, United States on the junction of United States Highway 421 and Kentucky Highway 80, 2.5 miles south of Manchester. It was established in 1806 by James Garrard's son Daniel as a salt works, he having bought the land in 1798, but didn't actually gain the name until the Cumberland and Manchester Railroad came through there in 1917. It was through the 19th century rather known as variously the Goose Creek Salt Works, the Union Salt Works, the Buffalo Lick Salt Works, or just The Salt Works.
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