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Coordinates: 36°50′8″N85°54′0″W / 36.83556°N 85.90000°W Coordinates: 36°50′8″N85°54′0″W / 36.83556°N 85.90000°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Barren |
Elevation | 728 ft (222 m) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CST) |
ZIP codes | 42131 |
GNIS feature ID | 507952 [1] |
Etoile is an unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. The Etoile Post Office [2] closed in 1988.
Previously called Caney Fork, the post office opened in 1886 was named Etoile, Étoile being the French for star, for unknown reasons. [3]
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Petite Etoile was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career which lasted from June 1958 until September 1961 she won fourteen of her nineteen races and finished second in the other five. After showing promising, but unexceptional form in 1958, she improved to be the British Horse of the Year in 1959, winning all six of her races including the Classic 1000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks. She remained in training for two further seasons, winning major races including consecutive runnings of the Coronation Cup.
Étoile may refer to:
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