Saint Catharine, Kentucky

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Saint Catharine, Kentucky
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Saint Catharine, Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°42′31″N85°15′28″W / 37.70861°N 85.25778°W / 37.70861; -85.25778 Coordinates: 37°42′31″N85°15′28″W / 37.70861°N 85.25778°W / 37.70861; -85.25778
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Washington
Elevation 787 ft (240 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP code 40061
Area code(s) 859
GNIS feature ID 1890844 [1]

Saint Catharine (also Saint Catherine) is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Kentucky, United States. [1] Its ZIP code is 40061. [2]

Washington County, Kentucky county in Kentucky

Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,717. Its county seat is Springfield. The county is named for George Washington.

Kentucky State of the United States of America

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

A post office has been in operation at Saint Catharine since 1900. [3] The community took its name from St. Catharine College. [4]

St. Catharine College college near Springfield, Kentucky

St. Catharine College was a small Roman Catholic liberal arts college located near Springfield, Kentucky in the United States. The college was formerly accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and had a peak enrollment of 750 students.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Saint Catharine, Kentucky". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ United States Postal Service (2012). "USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code" . Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Catharine Post Office
  4. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 260. ISBN   0-8131-2631-2.


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