Frozen Creek, Kentucky

Frozen Creek is an unincorporated community in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office closed in 1983.[2]

Frozen Creek
Frozen Creek
Location within the state of Kentucky
Frozen Creek
Frozen Creek (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°35′28″N 83°25′19″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBreathitt
Elevation
725 ft (221 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes
41326
GNIS feature ID508046[1]

A post office was established in the community in 1850. It was likely named Frozen Creek for a section of the local creek of the same name that early settlers often found treacherous in the winter.[3]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frozen Creek, Kentucky
  2. http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm. Retrieved 2012-07-30. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 110. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.


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