Broad Bottom, Kentucky

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Broad Bottom, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Broad Bottom, Kentucky
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Broad Bottom, Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°32′03″N82°35′35″W / 37.53417°N 82.59306°W / 37.53417; -82.59306
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Pike
Elevation
663 ft (202 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID507587 [1]

Broad Bottom is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. [1]

History

Broad Bottom was named for its location "in a low-lying area" next to Levisa Fork. [2] A post office opened in 1924, and closed in 1984. [2] [3] Broad Bottom was a flag stop on the Big Sandy Subdivision of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Broad Bottom
  2. 1 2 Rennick, Robert M. (1984). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 36. ISBN   0813126312.
  3. ↑ "Kentucky, Pike County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Timetable No. 138" (PDF). The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. April 27, 1952.


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