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Lucky Fork, Kentucky

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Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Lucky Fork
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°22′3″N 83°34′12″W / 37.36750°N 83.57000°W / 37.36750; -83.57000
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyOwsley
Elevation928 ft (283 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID513727

Lucky Fork is an unincorporated community located in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office no longer exists, it closed in June 1972.

According to tradition, Lucky Fork was so named on account of the area being a hunter's paradise.

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lucky Fork, Kentucky
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lucky Fork KY post office
  3. "Postmaster Finder - Who We Are - USPS".
  4. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 81.
Municipalities and communities of Owsley County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Booneville
City
Location of Owsley County, Kentucky
Unincorporated
communities
post offices
(and the creeks
they are on)


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