Yosemite, Kentucky

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Yosemite
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Post office in Yosemite, Kentucky
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Yosemite
Location within the state of Kentucky
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Yosemite
Yosemite (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°20′48″N84°49′29″W / 37.34667°N 84.82472°W / 37.34667; -84.82472
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Casey
Elevation
840 ft (260 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EST)
ZIP codes
42566
GNIS feature ID507236 [1]

Yosemite is an unincorporated community in eastern Casey County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office was closed in September 2011. [2] It was established in the 1870s for logging facilities owned by Cincinnati businessman Eugene Zimmerman. It was named by his daughter Helena, who said the hilly area reminded her of the Yosemite valley in California.

Locals in the area pronounce the town "YO-suh-MITE", differing from the California pronunciation.

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