Dabney, Kentucky

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Dabney, Kentucky
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Dabney, Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°11′02″N84°33′00″W / 37.18389°N 84.55000°W / 37.18389; -84.55000 Coordinates: 37°11′02″N84°33′00″W / 37.18389°N 84.55000°W / 37.18389; -84.55000
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Pulaski
Elevation 1,070 ft (330 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Area code(s) 606
GNIS feature ID 507805 [1]

Dabney is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States. Dabney is located on Kentucky Route 39 7 miles (11 km) north-northeast of Somerset.

Pulaski County, Kentucky County in the United States

Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,063. Its county seat is Somerset. The county was founded in December 1798 from land given by Lincoln and Green Counties and named for Polish patriot Count Casimir Pulaski.

Kentucky State of the United States of America

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

Kentucky Route 39 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The route, part of the State Secondary System, exists in two segments, separated at the Madison-Jessamine county line by the Kentucky River. While there is a boat ramp on each side, there is no bridge or ferry carrying vehicular traffic across the waterway. The southernmost terminus of the route is at Kentucky Route 1247 in Somerset. The northernmost terminus is at U.S. Route 27 Business and Kentucky Route 29 in Nicholasville.

The Dabney Post Office, which closed in the 1960s, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] [3]

Dabney Post Office

The Dabney Post Office is a historic post office located on Kentucky Route 39 in Dabney, Kentucky. The one-story wood frame building served as Dabney's community store and post office. Ped May built the post office around 1900; May ran both the store and the post office. The post office served as the social hub of Dabney, a common function of combination store and post office buildings in Pulaski County; the Dabney Post Office is one of the few surviving buildings of this type. The post office closed in the 1960s.

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