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Lerose
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°28′56″N 83°36′56″W / 37.48222°N 83.61556°W / 37.48222; -83.61556
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Owsley
Elevation	741 ft (226 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes	41344
GNIS feature ID	513339

Lerose is a small settlement in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States, in the "Kentucky Highlands" region. It is 370 miles (600 km) from the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. Nearby places include the county seat of Booneville, Chestnut Gap, and Tallega. It has a cemetery and several hollows. The Lerose community was named after Lleaner Rose, who ran a local store. He was known by the locals as Lee Rose, thus giving the community its current name. "Lee" later had a grandson, Chester Clay Rose, who was killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. His body is entombed in the remains of USS Arizona.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lerose, Kentucky
2. Google Map
3. County Web Site
4. Further explanation Archived February 10, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
5. Photo of Cemetery
6. More information
7. Lee Rose of Owsley County Kentucky

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County seat: Booneville
City	Booneville
Unincorporated communities	Arnett Blake Conkling Cow Creek Endee Island City Lerose Levi Lucky Fork Major Mistletoe Pebworth Ricetown Stay Sturgeon Travellers Rest Vincent Whoopflarea
post offices (and the creeks they are on)	Sextons Creek (includes Trust and Taft (in Etta))
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