Gravel Switch, Kentucky

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Gravel Switch, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Gravel Switch
Coordinates: 37°34′43″N85°3′7″W / 37.57861°N 85.05194°W / 37.57861; -85.05194
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Marion
Elevation
909 ft (277 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
40328
GNIS feature ID493182 [1]

Gravel Switch is an unincorporated community within Marion County, Kentucky, United States. It is located along Kentucky Route 243, just south of its intersection with U.S. Route 68, southwest of Perryville and northeast of Bradfordsville.

A post office was established in the community in 1870, and it was named for a valuable gravel deposit to which the local railroad directed a railway track. [2] on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Lebanon Branch [3] [4] [5]

The community is near Penn's Store, the oldest general store in Kentucky, geographically located in nearby Boyle County. [6]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gravel Switch, Kentucky
  2. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 123. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ Company, Louisville and Nashville Railroad (May 19, 1871). "Annual Report ..." – via Google Books.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ↑ Commission, United States Interstate Commerce (May 19, 1959). "Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States". L.K. Strouse – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ Collins, Lewis; Collins, Richard H. (October 20, 1998). History of Kentucky:. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN   9780806345642 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Kentucky's Oldest General Store Will Have You Longing for the Good Old Days". September 13, 2016.


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