Typo, Kentucky

Typo
Unincorporated community
Typo Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Typo Typo (the United States) Show map of the United States
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 ID	516091 [1]

Typo is an unincorporated community within Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office ^[2] has been closed after September 1912.

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]

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 (October 4, 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.