Asphalt, Kentucky | |
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  Asphalt Location within the state of Kentucky  Asphalt Asphalt (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°11′27″N86°21′0″W / 37.19083°N 86.35000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Edmonson |
| Elevation | 656 ft (200 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| Area codes | 270 and 364 |
| GNIS feature ID | 507422 [1] |
Asphalt is an unincorporated community located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States. [2]
Asphalt is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Brownsville, the county seat of Edmonson County. In terms of transportation, it is served by Kentucky Route 655 (Segal Road) off of KY 70. The community is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) southwest of KY 655's intersection with KY 70 at Windyville.
The Mathias Willis Store House is located near Asphalt at the end of Salvage Road (formerly Cummins Road). It was a mid-19th century store building that served customers traveling along the Green River, which flows just south of the community. In 1987, the store house was listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Asphalt is the home to the Asphalt Church of Christ (formerly New Liberty Church), one of Edmonson County's several places of worship. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the congregation's Gospel Meetings, or revivals, were usually held in mid- to late-June. In the week of June 7–10, 2015, the Asphalt Church celebrated their 140th anniversary. The church was believed to be established in 1875. According to the previous week's edition of the Edmonson News and the congregational members of the church, the original church building was burned down sometime in 1951 due to a faulty wiring. The church received its current name after being rebuilt at its current location in 1952. [3] The church originally stood at the current location of the New Liberty Cemetery. In spite of the church's name change, Edmonson County road maps dating as late as 1977, as well as online mapping platforms such as Google Maps still list it as the New Liberty Church. [4] [5] [6]
Students in Asphalt attend Edmonson County Schools, including the Edmonson County High School, in Brownsville. At one time Asphalt was served by their own secondary school; [7] it was closed down prior to the consolidation of all of Edmonson County's high schools in other communities in 1959. The Asphalt School building is still standing even after being unused since the 1950s, [8] but not in the condition to be used.
Asphalt does not currently have a post office, so 42210, Brownsville's zip code is used. The Asphalt post office originally operated until its closing in 1958. The closing of the post office predated the introduction of the zip code system by several years. [9]
Kentucky Route 70 (KY 70) is a long east-east state highway that originates at a junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Smithland in Livingston County, just east of the Ohio River. The route continues through the counties of Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln and back into Pulaski again to terminate at a junction with US 150 near Maretburg in Rockcastle.
Kentucky Route 259 is a 95.91-mile-long (154.35 km) state highway that traverses five counties in west-central Kentucky.
Kentucky Route 101 (KY 101) is a north–south highway traversing three counties in south central Kentucky.
Windyville is an unincorporated community located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States.
Kentucky Route 54 is a 54.329-mile-long (87.434 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Kentucky Route 107 (KY 107) is a 56.907-mile-long (91.583 km) east–west state highway in west–central Kentucky. The western (southern) terminus of the route is an "end of state maintenance" terminus near the Fort Campbell military reservation south of Donaldson Creek near La Fayette, and its northern (eastern) terminus is at an intersection with U.S. Route 431 (US 431) in Lewisburg.
Kentucky Route 728 (KY 728) is an east–west state highway that traverses Edmonson and Hart Counties in south-central Kentucky.
Roundhill is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States, situated on Butler County's eastern boundary with Edmonson County.
The Mammoth Cave Parkway is a major roadway located in the Mammoth Cave National Park in west-central Kentucky. It encompasses parts of Kentucky Routes 70 and 255 within the park in northwestern Barren and eastern Edmonson Counties. It closely follows the Mammoth Cave Railroad Bike & Hike Trail.
Houchin's Ferry Road is a secondary roadway located in Edmonson County in west-central Kentucky. County road logs list this road as CR-1004 and CR-1005.
The original alignment of Kentucky Route 67 (KY 67) was a north–south primary state highway that traversed Edmonson and Warren counties in south central Kentucky. It was one of the original state routes of the state highway system maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. It was established in 1929 and was officially decommissioned in 1969. At the time of its removal from the state route system, it was estimated to be 21.491 miles (34.586 km) long as determined by the KYTC's state route logs and county road logs.
Kyrock is a ghost town in Edmonson County in south central Kentucky, United States. The ghost town is located about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) east of Sweeden, or about 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of the county seat of Brownsville. It was once a referred to as a “company town” along the Nolin River during much of the first half of the 20th century, but the industrial town was disincorporated in 1966, about nine years after the closure of the company that created the town.
Reedyville is an Unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States. The town is supposedly named for the nearby Big Reedy Creek, a tributary of the Green River.
Glenmore is an unincorporated community located in northern Warren County, Kentucky, United States. Glenmore is part of the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Segal is an unincorporated community in west-central Edmonson County in south-central Kentucky, United States. Segal is part of the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Elko was an unincorporated community in eastern Edmonson County in south-central Kentucky, United States. It was one of a few settlements in eastern Edmonson County that were displaced for the area to become a portion of Mammoth Cave National Park.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |