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UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
NEW
WEBSITE COIMING SOON
HISTORY
OF PAUL'S DISCOUNT
In or around
the year 1856 Franklin Neikirk and his spouse purchased
a parcel of land north of Somerset at the headwaters of
Caney on Pitman Creek for 500 cords of wood. Little did
they know that Paul E. Neikirk and Frances R. Neikirk would
build and operate the first discount store in South Central
Kentucky, on this very site 104 years later.
In the early
spring of 1960 PAUL E. NEIKIRK, an electrician, built and
opened PAUL'S SURPLUS, a store of about 1800 square feet
of space with three (3) employees, in the building that
Paul's Discount store now occupies. Most of the beginning
merchandise was army surplus material and furniture. That
relates to the business being incorporated as Paul's Surplus
& Distributing Inc. Founder,
PAUL E. NEIKIRK, deceased Oct 16, 1974. Over the period
of almost 40 years PAUL'S DISCOUNT offers over 20,000 square
feet of selling space plus 3 warehouses while employing
over 30 people. The store is now under operation of his
two sons, Joe Frank and Randy.
ABOUT US
TODAY
You are always
welcome to visit our store at 2286 North US 27, Somerset,
Ky. We are open Monday through Saturday, 8 AM to 9 Pm Eastern
Time
Paul's is
a family owned corporation located at 2286 North US 27 in
Somerset, Ky. Being only five miles from Lake Cumberland
over the years we have regular boating customers from as
far away as Dayton, Ohio. Phone calls are welcome at 606-678-4405.
Our
customers like our store because its one of those “If they
don’t have it, you don’t need it” type of places. We’ve
also been called the “Men’s Mall” because we’re well known
for hardware, hunting, fishing, and auto parts. Women (and
men) who enjoy making crafts come from miles away for supplies.
A limited selection of merchandise is in our webstore which
opened July 2004.
We
have five major departments:
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Auto
Parts
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Clothing
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Crafts
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Hardware
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Sporting
Goods
Thanks to
the great people of Pulaski and surrounding counties the
business has continued to expand in size and offer more
and better service to the people of South Central Kentucky.
And thanks be to God who has seen fit to bless this business
for over forty years; giving the service of good personnel
and the patronage of valued customers. To Him be the honor
and glory forever.
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