Mannsville, Kentucky

Mannsville is an unincorporated community in Taylor County, Kentucky, United States. First called "Manns Lick" for a salt lick discovered on the site by its pioneer settler, American Revolutionary War veteran Moses Mann (c1757-1849), the site is at the junction of Kentucky Routes 70 and 337, some 7 miles east of the county seat of Campbellsville.[1][2] Its elevation is 738 feet (225 m).[3] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 42758.[4]

Mannsville
Mannsville
Location within the state of Kentucky
Mannsville
Mannsville (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°22′21″N 85°11′48″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyTaylor
Elevation
738 ft (225 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
42758
GNIS feature ID497499

References

  1. Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 187. ISBN 0813126312.
  2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 42.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mannsville, Kentucky, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-20. Accessed 2007-12-31.
  4. "Free ZIP Code Lookup with area code, county, geocode, MSA/PMSA, population". www.zipinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-05-14.


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