Frakes, Kentucky

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Frakes
Unincorporated community
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Frakes
Location within the state of Kentucky
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Frakes
Frakes (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°38′34″N83°55′40″W / 36.64278°N 83.92778°W / 36.64278; -83.92778
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Bell
Elevation
1,489 ft (454 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
40940 [1]
Area code 606
GNIS feature ID508032 [2]

Frakes is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.

First settled in the 1850s, it was known as South America for its relative remoteness. The community was renamed in the 1930s for the local pastor Hiram Milo Frakes. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Frakes ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frakes, Kentucky
  3. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 108. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.


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