Beefhide, Kentucky

Beefhide, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°14′23″N82°37′39″W / 37.23972°N 82.62750°W / 37.23972; -82.62750
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Letcher and Pike
Elevation	1,214 ft (370 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	507483 [1]

Beefhide is an unincorporated community spanning across a county line between Letcher County and Pike County, Kentucky, United States.

History

A post office was established at Beefhide in 1901, and remained in operation until 1956. ^[2] The community takes its name from nearby Beefhide Creek. ^[3]

Geography

Beefhide is located along Beefhide Creek which runs east and north out of Letcher County, into Pike County. The post office location per GNIS ( 37°14′12″N82°38′09″W / 37.2367436°N 82.6357730°W / 37.2367436; -82.6357730 (Beefhide Post Office (historical)) ) ^[2] is in Pike County, Kentucky and the populated place location per GNIS ^[4] is in both Letcher County and Pike County ( 37°14′23″N82°37′39″W / 37.2398277°N 82.6273777°W / 37.2398277; -82.6273777 (Beefhide (map: Jenkins West)) and 37°14′29″N82°37′19″W / 37.2414945°N 82.6218220°W / 37.2414945; -82.6218220 (Beefhide (map: Jenkins East)) ). ^[5]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beefhide, Kentucky
2. "Beefhide Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
3. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 12.
4. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Beefhide
5. topoquest map