Central Kentucky residents know Transylvania well — and not as the home of Count Dracula.

When pioneer Daniel Boone crossed the Cumberland Gap into what is now Kentucky, he established a fort called Boonesborough. He hoped that this would one day be the capital of the 14th state, which was dubbed Transylvania in the 1770s. However, Virginia claimed that they already owned the land and were not willing to let it break away. Congress also wasn't too keen on the idea, so the proposal was ultimately shelved. Several years later, the region did indeed become a state, but it was named Kentucky. The original name lives on in Transylvania University, founded in 1780 as the first college west of the Allegheny mountains.

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