Mintonville, Kentucky

Mintonville
Mintonville
	Unincorporated community
	Mintonville Location within the state of Kentucky Mintonville Mintonville (the United States)
	Coordinates: 37°10′38″N84°48′39″W / 37.17722°N 84.81083°W Coordinates: 37°10′38″N84°48′39″W / 37.17722°N 84.81083°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Casey
Elevation	1,204 ft (367 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EST)
GNIS feature ID	508616 [1]

Last updated February 16, 2020

Mintonville in Kentucky, USA, is an unincorporated community sitting at the foot of the Green River Knob in the extreme southeastern Casey County. The town was plotted in 1849 and partially built in 1851. The first postmaster, James Wesley, named it after Robert Minton when the post office^[2] first opened on October 3, 1851.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mintonville, Kentucky

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mintonville, Kentucky

Mintonville
Unincorporated community
Mintonville Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Mintonville Mintonville (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 37°10′38″N84°48′39″W / 37.17722°N 84.81083°W / 37.17722; -84.81083 Coordinates: 37°10′38″N84°48′39″W / 37.17722°N 84.81083°W / 37.17722; -84.81083
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Casey
Elevation	1,204 ft (367 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EST)
GNIS feature ID	508616^[1]