Bugtussle, Kentucky

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Bugtussle, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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The old Bugtussle General Store
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Bugtussle
Coordinates: 36°37′33″N85°52′33″W / 36.62583°N 85.87583°W / 36.62583; -85.87583
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Monroe
Elevation
866 ft (264 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID507615 [1]

Bugtussle is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Kentucky, United States. It is located in the southern part of the county, immediately north of the Kentucky-Tennessee state line. Kentucky Route 382 (formerly part of Kentucky Route 87) [2] connects the community with Gamaliel to the northeast [3] and Lafayette Tenn. to the southwest; [4] the highway becomes Tennessee S.R. 261 across the state line. [5]

Bugtussle was so named due to the abundance of doodlebugs there. [6] The community has been noted on lists of unusual place names. [7] [8]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bugtussle, Kentucky
  2. ↑ "Google Maps".
  3. ↑ "Bugtussle to Gamaliel".
  4. ↑ "Bugtussle to Lafayette".
  5. ↑ "Google Maps".
  6. ↑ Rennick, Charles (1984). Kentucky Place Names. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 40.
  7. ↑ Parker, Quentin (2010). Welcome to Horneytown, North Carolina, Population: 15: An insider's guide to 201 of the world's weirdest and wildest places. Adams Media. pp. viii. ISBN   9781440507397.[ permanent dead link ]
  8. ↑ Staten, Vince (December 18, 2012). Kentucky Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 80. ISBN   978-0-7627-9270-2.


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