Ivel, Kentucky

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Ivel, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Ivel
Location within the state of Kentucky
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Ivel
Ivel (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°35′28″N82°40′6″W / 37.59111°N 82.66833°W / 37.59111; -82.66833
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Floyd
Elevation
643 ft (196 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41642
GNIS feature ID508321 [1]

Ivel is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

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History

A post office was established in the community in 1905. The town takes its name from the Ivy Creek. [2]

On November 8, 2004, an NGL pipeline failed in a housing division in the community. The vapor cloud from the leak ignited, seriously burning a Kentucky State Trooper evacuating those living in the area. Eight others were injured, and five houses were destroyed. The pipeline, only 65 miles (105 km) long, had 11 previous corrosion failures. [3] [4] Installed in the 1950s, the ruptured 4-inch steel transmission line belonged to Kentucky-West Virginia Gas Co., a division of Equitable Gas in Pittsburgh. Still, it was operated by Colorado-based Mark West Hydrocarbon. [5] Investigators found external corrosion and a small hole in the pipeline. [6]

Notable person

Leonard W. Roberts, an early folklorist, professor, and publisher, was killed in a car accident and is buried in Ivel. [7]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ivel, Kentucky
  2. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 151. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  3. ↑ "CPF No. 2-2004-5017H" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Kentucky New Era – Google News Archive Search" . Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  5. ↑ Roger Alford, "Gas Explosion Destroys Kentucky Subdivision," November 9, 2004, http://www.firehouse.com/news/10508161/gas-explosion-destroys-kentucky-subdivision.
  6. ↑ Greg Griffin, "Natural-gas explosion creates legal firestorm," Denver Post, November 25, 2005 | UPDATED: May 8, 2016, https://www.denverpost.com/2005/11/25/natural-gas-explosion-creates-legal-firestorm/, accessed 2018.01.10.
  7. ↑ ""Leonard Ward Roberts"". Pine Mountain School Settlement Collections. Retrieved September 27, 2023.


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