About Us:

Ballard County is shaped by the Ohio River to the North creating a wildlife refuge that has attracted humters and fishermen for literally thousands of years beginning with prehistoric Native Americans.  You can visit the archaeological site at Wickliffe mounds State Historic Site in Wickliffe.  Today commercial and sports fishermen troll the waters of the Ohio and Mississippi along with other outdoor water enthusiasts.   Hunters enjoy abundant opportunities to hunt deer, geese, ducks, and turkey to name just some of the plentiful wildlife that roam the countryside. We are proud to say that Ballard County is home to one of the first fish processing plants,Two Rivers Fisheries, to focus on the Asian Carp that inhabits our rivers.    They are providing jobs to the area not only in their plant but to local commercial fishermen while reducing and invasive species.

To the west is the mighty Mississippi River carving bluffs along the way and past wetlands as it rolls south to the Gulf of Mexico carrying barges loaded with grain from our fields along with coal and lumber and other products produced in Western Kentucky.    The Port of Wickliffe is at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and is home to a number of maritime operations such as James Marine, Inc.