Sharpe, Kentucky

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Sharpe, Kentucky
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Sharpe
Coordinates: 36°58′07″N88°27′30″W / 36.96861°N 88.45833°W / 36.96861; -88.45833
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Marshall
Elevation
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410 ft (120 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID503262 [1]

Sharpe is an unincorporated community in northwest Marshall County, Kentucky, United States. [1] The community is on US Route 68 approximately 12 miles southeast of Paducah. [2]

Thomas Rickman (1940–2018), American screenwriter, was born in Sharpe. [3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sharpe, Kentucky
  2. Kentucky Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, 4th ed. 2010, p. 59 ISBN   0899333400
  3. The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick Shanley, September 5, 2018