Lucky Fork, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
37°22′3″N 83°34′12″W / 37.36750°N 83.57000°W / 37.36750; -83.57000CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyOwsleyElevation
928 ft (283 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)GNIS feature ID513727[1]

Lucky Fork is an unincorporated community located in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office [2] no longer exists, it closed in June 1972.[3]

According to tradition, Lucky Fork was so named on account of the area being a hunter's paradise.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lucky Fork, Kentucky
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lucky Fork KY post office
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Who We Are - USPS".
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 81.
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