Kirksey, Kentucky

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Kirksey, Kentucky
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Kirksey
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Kirksey
Kirksey (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°41′55″N88°23′43″W / 36.69861°N 88.39528°W / 36.69861; -88.39528
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Calloway
Elevation
554 ft (169 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes
42054
GNIS feature ID495803 [1]

Kirksey is an unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. The post office was established on July 14, 1871, by Stephen Franklin Kirksey. Post Master Kirksey used the same building for a post office that had served as a post office from 1857 to 1860 that was known at the time as Radford, Kentucky. Post Master Kirksey submitted his own name to the U.S. Post Office instead of the names Reedville and Rosedale which were preferred by the residents in the area. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kirksey, Kentucky
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 161. Retrieved December 15, 2020.