Jordan, Kentucky

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Jordan, Kentucky
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Location within the state of Kentucky
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Jordan
Jordan (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°30′12″N89°2′13″W / 36.50333°N 89.03694°W / 36.50333; -89.03694
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Fulton
Elevation
400 ft (100 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID508358 [1]

Jordan is an unincorporated hamlet in Fulton County, Kentucky, United States.

Jordan Station was a station on the Memphis and Ohio Railroad. [2] It currently consists of a few houses and a liquor store.

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jordan, Kentucky
  2. Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 281.