Sanders is a home rule-class city in Carroll County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 238 as of the 2010 census. The c…Sanders is a home rule-class city in Carroll County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 238 as of the 2010 census. The community was founded at a salt lick on the Buffalo Trace stretching from the Licking River to Drennon Springs. The community was first known as Rislerville for a local shopkeeper, but was known as Sanders' Mill after the local miller Nathaniel Sanders opened a post office in 1816. His son George Washington Sanders continued to operate the mill after his death.