Frozen Creek, Kentucky
Frozen Creek is an unincorporated community in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office closed in 1983.[2]
Frozen Creek | |
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Frozen Creek Location within the state of Kentucky Frozen Creek Frozen Creek (the United States) | |
Coordinates: 37°35′28″N 83°25′19″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Breathitt |
Elevation | 725 ft (221 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
ZIP codes | 41326 |
GNIS feature ID | 508046[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
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frozen Creek, Kentucky
- http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm. Retrieved 2012-07-30. Missing or empty
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(help) - Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 110. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
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