We offer a superior infrastructure with public water, gas and sewer systems operated by the Utilities Commission. The Leitchfield water plant serves the county (except for Caneyville which has its own system) and the system has been renovated and expanded offering ample water pressure for development. Sewage facilities were also upgraded in 1995 and city gas is available via local transmittal lines from Texas Gas.

We have several industrial sites including the Salt River Industrial Park near Leitchfield (now fully occupied), The Commerce Drive Industrial Park (off the Western Kentucky Parkway) with six acres available, and the Kenneth H. Goth Industrial Park (on Highway 259 north), now home to Trim Masters and Modern Transmission Development (MTD) with 30 acres still open. The city of Leitchfield offers a 90 acre site on Shaw Station Road for industrial development.

Additional information about the development sites is available from David Bennett, Leitchfield/Grayson County Industrial Development Foundation at 270-259-0802.
Our community is eligible for various state business loans, tax incentives and similar enticements.
Information regarding these benefits may be obtained from the Kentucky Department of Financial Incentives at (502) 564-4554.

A wide variety of products are manufactured in the fine factories of Grayson County. We produce such diverse items as saw blades, concrete products, cheese, clothing, farm gates, metal stamping, lumber, injection molded plastics, auto seat covers, office furniture, washing machine components and so much more. In all, our manufacturing industries employ more than 3,600 people.

Our largest businesses and major employers include: The Campbell group (570 employees), manufacturing power painting equipment, air compressors, winches; Vermont American Corporation (385), saw blades and hedge trimmer blades; Leitchfield Plastics (300), making injection molded plastics; MTD (253), manufacturing components for GE washing machines; Leggett & Platt, Inc. (250), sofa bed mechanisms; Trim Masters (200), auto seat covers for Toyota; Phar-Shar Manufacturing Co. Inc. (200), adult and children’s clothing; IMS Manufacturing Company (183), producing clothing; BEL/Kaukauna USA, Inc. (175), making cream and cheese; OFS “Skyline Industries” (100), office furniture.

Numerous other smaller industrial facilities and retail establishments of all kinds enhance our strong economy.

Farming is also an important segment of Grayson County and our economy. Nearly 209,000 acres are farmed, primarily in family operations on 1,412 farms that typically include livestock and crops. About half of the farms range from 50 to 179 acres while many others are larger 180 to 2,000-plus acre operations.

Beef is our primary livestock product with 751 operations while another 46 farms are dairy operations and there are some hog/pig operations. Breeding stock sales remain strong in the county for cows, horses, and mules while BEL cheese/cream factory is a major local milk buyer.

Tobacco is our largest cash crop although we have much corn acreage. Soybeans, wheat, grain, and hay can also be sighted in our fields.

For more information about agriculture in Grayson County contact Grayson County Extension Agent Jack Ewing at (270) 259-3492.