Cerulean, KY

Cerulean is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Trigg and Christian counties, Kentucky, United States. At one time, it was a city, incorporated as Cerulean Springs. Cerulean lies along Kentucky Routes 124 and 126 northeast of Cadiz, the county seat of Trigg County. Most students in Cerulean currently attend Trigg County Public Schools in Cadiz. Those who live on the Christian County side attend Christian County Public Schools in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. A newcomer can read Cerulean through the overlap of its older landmarks, surrounding geography, and current places.

For a newcomer, Cerulean comes into focus through those concrete links among its past, landscape, and current routines. Cerulean was first settled around 1790, and later took its first name, Cerulean Springs, from the color of water from a local spring. The spring's color was changed to cerulean by the New Madrid earthquake of 1811. The majority of Cerulean is located in Trigg County with a small portion in Christian County.