Fixer, Kentucky

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Fixer, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Fixer, Kentucky
Location in Kentucky
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Fixer, Kentucky
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°40′41″N83°43′6″W / 37.67806°N 83.71833°W / 37.67806; -83.71833
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Lee
Elevation
879 ft (268 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID512178 [1]

Fixer is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, United States, on Big Sinking Creek and 6+1⁄2 miles north of Beattyville.

A post office was established in the community in 1916. According to legend, it was given the name Fixer by an exasperated resident, George W. Booth, who after submitting several rejected entries to postal authorities, declared that he was done suggesting place names and if the post office didn't like it, they could "fix 'er" themselves. [2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fixer, Kentucky
  2. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 102. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.


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