Howardstown, Kentucky

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Howardstown, Kentucky is an unincorporated community located on the Rolling Fork River in the southern portion of Nelson County, Kentucky, United States. [1]

A post office was established in Howardstown in 1893, and named for the local Howard family. A member of that family, William Howard, had first settled the area c. 1811. [2]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Howardstown, Kentucky". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 145. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.

37°34′20″N85°35′31″W / 37.57222°N 85.59194°W / 37.57222; -85.59194

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