Wheel Rim, Kentucky

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Wheel Rim, Kentucky
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Wheel Rim
Coordinates: 37°43′34″N83°16′1″W / 37.72611°N 83.26694°W / 37.72611; -83.26694
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Morgan
Elevation
942 ft (287 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID509349 [1]

Wheel Rim is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky, United States. The community was named for a wagon wheel rim noted to be hanging in the trees. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wheel Rim, Kentucky
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN   9780813144016.