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Allensville is a census-designated place and former city in Todd County, in southwestern Kentucky.

Allensville was settled in the early 1800s as a crossroads community at the intersection of two early stagecoach roads, roughly along the paths of modern U.S. Route 79 and Kentucky Route 102.

The community is believed to have been named for a pioneer family of early settlers named Allen.

By the late 1830s, Allensville had a post office, two general stores, and a blacksmith shop.

In 1860, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad established a depot just south of the old community on its branch line from Bowling Green to Memphis, and the town shifted toward the railroad.

Allensville was formally incorporated in 1867 and thrived for several decades as one of the primary agricultural shipping points between Bowling Green and Memphis.

Kentucky's first Rural Free Delivery mail service was established at the Allensville post office in 1897.

Allensville declined after World War II as automobiles replaced rail traffic; the L&N closed its depot in 1947, the city government stopped functioning in the late 1970s, and the city was officially dissolved in 2017.

Several of the community's buildings and houses were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988 as the Allensville Historic District.

The 2020 census counted 175 residents in Allensville, compared with 189 residents in 72 households at the 2000 census; the community is served by ZIP code 42204.