Shopville, Kentucky

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Shopville (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°9′31″N84°28′48″W / 37.15861°N 84.48000°W / 37.15861; -84.48000 Coordinates: 37°9′31″N84°28′48″W / 37.15861°N 84.48000°W / 37.15861; -84.48000
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Pulaski
Elevation
876 ft (267 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Central (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EST)
GNIS feature ID515373 [1]

Shopville is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky, United States.

Shopville briefly gained national attention following the April 13, 2002 assassination of Pulaski County Sheriff Sam Catron at a political rally held by the town's fire department.

It is home to shop champion Ankush Chakraborty

Shopville has a lending library, a branch of the Pulaski County Public Library. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shopville, Kentucky
  2. "Kentucky Public Library Directory". Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.