Backusburg, Kentucky

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Backusburg, Kentucky
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Backusburg (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°42′21″N88°28′6″W / 36.70583°N 88.46833°W / 36.70583; -88.46833
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Calloway
Elevation
433 ft (132 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID507433 [1]

Backusburg is an unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States.

Two different archaeological sites are located near the community; one of them, known as the Backusburg Mounds, is one of the premier sites throughout the Jackson Purchase. [2] A post office was first established at the site on April 27, 1846, as Clarks River, Kentucky. This post office was closed on July 6, 1860. The post office was re-established on November 7, 1873, as Backusburg. The town is said to have been named after Asa Backus (who co-owned a sawmill) after he won a coin flip with another man. [3]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Backusburg, Kentucky
  2. Funkhouser, W.D., and W.S. Webb. "Archaeological Survey of Kentucky". University of Kentucky Reports in Anthropology 7.5 (1950): 65.
  3. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 11. Retrieved December 15, 2020.