Egypt, Kentucky

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Egypt, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Egypt
Coordinates: 37°18′47″N83°53′46″W / 37.31306°N 83.89611°W / 37.31306; -83.89611
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Jackson
Elevation
1,135 ft (346 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (Eastern Daylight Time)
GNIS feature ID [1]

Egypt is an unincorporated community located in Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office [2] has been closed.

A post office was established in the community in 1876, and was given the name Egypt by the newly transplanted Amyx family who felt homesick in the rural backwater, as if they had been exiled to Egypt. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Egypt, Kentucky". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Egypt, Kentucky post office". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 90. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.


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