History :

The history of Ashland City begins and is connected with the organization of the county. It was surveyed and platted in 1856 under the direction of the commissioners appointed by the first county court for that purpose. The public square on which the court house stands is 300x600 feet. and the town lots are of various sizes some 50x135 feet, some 50x150 feet and some 50x300 feet, there being 160 in all.

By an act of the General Assembly, passed December 3, 1859. Ashland became incorporated as a city under the name of Ashland City, the original name having been only Ashland. The act provided that a mayor and six aldermen should be elected, and at the election held in January, 1861, for that purpose, W. C. Charlton was elected mayor and John C. Hale, G. W. McQuary, W. W. Sanders, Jesse Chadoin and James Gray were elected aldermen. In a few years the city officers grew negligent and failed to meet and perform their duties as such, their record showing that the last meeting held by them was in April, 1870. By an act of the General Assembly, passed March 29, 1883, the act of incorporation was repealed and the charter abolished.