Typo, Kentucky

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Typo
Unincorporated community
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Location within the state of Kentucky
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Typo (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°16′40″N83°15′18″W / 37.27778°N 83.25500°W / 37.27778; -83.25500 Coordinates: 37°16′40″N83°15′18″W / 37.27778°N 83.25500°W / 37.27778; -83.25500
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Perry
Elevation
1,037 ft (316 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41771
GNIS feature ID516091 [1]

Typo is an unincorporated community within Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office [2] has been closed.

Typo gained its name from loggers who tied poles to their logs to make rafts at the community. Since the community is located at the mouth of Big Creek into the Kentucky River, loggers made their rafts there before continuing downriver. [3] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Typo, Kentucky
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Typo KY post office
  3. ↑ Blackford, Linda B. (December 27, 2006). "Origins of name mostly a mystery, but Typo spells home". Chicago Tribune .
  4. ↑ Don Voorhees (4 October 2011). The Super Book of Useless Information: The Most Powerfully Unnecessary Things You Never Need to Know. Penguin Group US. p. 69. ISBN   978-1-101-54513-3.



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