Woodville seems to be the early name of the community prior to the coming of the railroad in 1859. So named because of a prominant citizen, Harrison Wood. Later the community gradually began to grow and was given the name of Auburn by A. J. Corning after his home town of Auburn, New York. Incorporation took place in 1865.

Many troops moved through Logan County, Ky. and impacted Auburn directly during the Civil War because of the railroad leading to Clarksville and on to Memphis, Tenn. These events are recorded and on file at the Museum in Auburn Ky.

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Just ouside of the current city limits of Auburn an event took place that would impact the city of Auburn today. In 1798 a land grant was issued to the McCutchen family by the second Gov. of Kentucky. The mansion was finished in 1825. The Auburn city park is called the McCutchen-Coke park.