City of Raceland

History

The City of Raceland and the land surrounding it were part of a 5,000-acre (20 km2) Revolutionary War grant to Abraham Buford.

His son, Charles Buford, divided up the land and sold it in tracts. Eventually, one of the tracts was bequeathed to Benjamen Chinn, who sold his tract in town lots. It became the incorporated City Chinnville on July 31, 1915. A post office was established on March 7, 1910.

In 1924, Jack O. Keene (who later established Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky), opened the Raceland Race Course near the city. Due to this, the town was renamed Raceland on April 1, 1925.

The racetrack was eventually abandoned and the city was once again named Chinnville, but on April 1, 1930, the city was again named Raceland