Lucky Fork, Kentucky

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Lucky Fork
Unincorporated community
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Lucky Fork
Location within the state of Kentucky
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Lucky Fork
Lucky Fork (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°22′3″N83°34′12″W / 37.36750°N 83.57000°W / 37.36750; -83.57000
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Owsley
Elevation
928 ft (283 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID513727 [1]

Lucky Fork is an unincorporated community located in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office [2] no longer exists, it closed in June 1972. [3]

According to tradition, Lucky Fork was so named on account of the area being a hunter's paradise. [4]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lucky Fork, Kentucky
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lucky Fork KY post office
  3. ↑ "Postmaster Finder - Who We Are - USPS".
  4. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 81.


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