Segal | |
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  Segal Location within the state of Kentucky  Segal Segal (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°12′20″N86°23′6″W / 37.20556°N 86.38500°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Kentucky |
| Elevation | 617 ft (188 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 509027 [1] |
Segal is an unincorporated community in west-central Edmonson County in south-central Kentucky, United States. [2] Segal is part of the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Segal is located in the west-central portion of Edmonson County, at coordinates 37°12' 20"N 86°23' 6"W, which is about 10 miles (16 km) west of Brownsville. In terms of transportation, the community is currently served by only one state highway, Kentucky Route 655 (KY 655), a C-shaped route which connects the community with KY 70 at Windyville. Previously, two state highways met at this community, KY 67 and the original KY 555 (now KY 655). KY 67 previously served as a direct route for travel to Bowling Green via the now-decommissioned Bear Creek Ferry on the nearby Green River from 1929 until the late 1960s. [3] [4]
The Red Hill General Baptist Church, which is presently the only notable landmark in the community besides a local cemetery, held its first worship service in 1862. The event of the church's 150th anniversary was marked in 2012 by virtue of a homecoming theme in their annual gospel meeting.
Segal is served by the Edmonson County School Board for children's education. Students living in the community attended classes at the independently operated Asphalt School before it, along with all other county high schools were merged to create the Edmonson County High School in Brownsville prior to the 1959–60 academic school year. The original school building is still standing, but it is not in the proper condition to be used.
The Segal Post Office operated from 1884 until 1954. [5] [6] Segal is part of Brownsville's 42210 ZIP code.
Kentucky Route 70 (KY 70) is a long east-east state highway that originates at a junction with U.S. Route 60 (US 60) in Smithland in Livingston County, just east of the Ohio River. The route continues through the counties of Crittenden, Caldwell, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Butler, Edmonson, Barren, Barren, Metcalfe, Green, Taylor, Casey, Pulaski, Lincoln and back into Pulaski again to terminate at a junction with US 150 near Maretburg in Rockcastle.
Kentucky Route 259 is a 95.91-mile-long (154.35 km) state highway that traverses five counties in west-central Kentucky.
Kentucky Route 101 (KY 101) is a north–south highway traversing three counties in south central Kentucky.
Kentucky Route 185 is a north–south state highway traversing four counties in west-central Kentucky.
Asphalt is an unincorporated community located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States.
Windyville is an unincorporated community located in Edmonson County, Kentucky, United States.
Kentucky Route 728 (KY 728) is an east–west state highway that traverses Edmonson and Hart Counties in south-central Kentucky.
Roundhill is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States, situated on Butler County's eastern boundary with Edmonson County.
Houchin's Ferry Road is a secondary roadway located in Edmonson County in west-central Kentucky. County road logs list this road as CR-1004 and CR-1005.
The original alignment of Kentucky Route 67 (KY 67) was a north–south primary state highway that traversed Edmonson and Warren counties in south central Kentucky. It was one of the original state routes of the state highway system maintained by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. It was established in 1929 and was officially decommissioned in 1969. At the time of its removal from the state route system, it was estimated to be 21.491 miles (34.586 km) long as determined by the KYTC's state route logs and county road logs.
Jetson is an unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States.
Kyrock is a ghost town in Edmonson County in south central Kentucky, United States. The ghost town is located about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) east of Sweeden, or about 5 miles (8.0 km) north-northeast of the county seat of Brownsville. It was once a referred to as a “company town” along the Nolin River during much of the first half of the 20th century, but the industrial town was disincorporated in 1966, about nine years after the closure of the company that created the town.
Reedyville is an Unincorporated community in Butler County, Kentucky, United States. The town is supposedly named for the nearby Big Reedy Creek, a tributary of the Green River.
Glenmore is an unincorporated community located in northern Warren County, Kentucky, United States. Glenmore is part of the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Elko was an unincorporated community in eastern Edmonson County in south-central Kentucky, United States. It was one of a few settlements in eastern Edmonson County that were displaced for the area to become a portion of Mammoth Cave National Park.
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