Cubage, Kentucky

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Cubage
Unincorporated community
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Cubage
Location within the state of Kentucky
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Cubage
Cubage (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°42′4″N83°31′16″W / 36.70111°N 83.52111°W / 36.70111; -83.52111
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Bell
Elevation
1,178 ft (359 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
40822
GNIS feature ID490455 [1]

Cubage is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The approximate elevation of Cubage is 1,178 feet (359 meters). [2] Their post office closed in 1989. [3]

According to tradition, someone carved "cub bear killed here" onto a beech tree. Cub Beech, as it was then known, was corrupted into Cubage. A post office was established in 1879. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cubage, Kentucky
  2. ↑ "Cubage Topo Map, Bell County KY (Varilla Area)". TopoZone.
  3. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Who We Are - USPS". about.usps.com.
  4. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 75. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.


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