Sulphur Lick, Kentucky

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Sulphur Lick, Kentucky
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Coordinates: 36°48′19″N85°44′19″W / 36.80528°N 85.73861°W / 36.80528; -85.73861 Coordinates: 36°48′19″N85°44′19″W / 36.80528°N 85.73861°W / 36.80528; -85.73861
Country Flag of the United States.svg United States
State Flag of Kentucky.svg  Kentucky
County Monroe
Elevation
843 ft (257 m)
Time zone UTC–6 (CST)
  Summer (DST) UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
42167
GNIS feature ID509157 [1]

Sulphur Lick is a rural unincorporated community in northwestern Monroe County, Kentucky, United States. [1] [2] The community is located around the intersection of Kentucky Route 678 and Kentucky Route 839.

“‘It was named for the licks on Sulphur Creek (now Skaggs) where buffalo, deer, and other animals would gather from pastures of grass and cane to lick the salt and sulphur from the rocks along the creek bed. A sulphur spring exists within 1 mi. of this place.’ (By members of the Sulphur Lick Homemakers Club. ‘Sulphur Lick History Told by Women of the Community’ in the 50th anniversary edition of The Tompkinsville News, 10/28/1954).” [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sulphur Lick". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Sulphur Lick Populated Place Profile / Monroe County, Kentucky Data". kentucky.hometownlocator.com. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  3. Rennick, Robert M., "Monroe County - Place Names" (2016). Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection. 111. [“Sulphur Lick”] https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/rennick_ms_collection/111