Folsomdale, Kentucky

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Folsomdale, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°53′01″N88°40′28″W / 36.88361°N 88.67444°W / 36.88361; -88.67444
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Kentucky.svg  Kentucky
County Graves
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID492294
U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Folsomdale, Kentucky

Folsomdale is an unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky, United States. [1]

A post office was opened in the community in 1886, and named for President Cleveland's bride Frances Folsom, who had recently become First Lady at age 21. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Feature Detail Report for: Folsomdale, Kentucky." USGS. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Folsomdale, Kentucky Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 105. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.
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