Lucky Fork, Kentucky

Lucky Fork
Unincorporated community
Lucky Fork is located in Kentucky
Lucky Fork
Lucky Fork
Location within the state of Kentucky
Lucky Fork is located in the United States
Lucky Fork
Lucky Fork
Lucky Fork (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°22′3″N 83°34′12″W / 37.36750°N 83.57000°W / 37.36750; -83.57000
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyOwsley
Elevation
928 ft (283 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID513727[1]

Lucky Fork is an unincorporated community located in Owsley County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office [2] no longer exists, it closed in June 1972.[3]

According to tradition, Lucky Fork was so named on account of the area being a hunter's paradise.[4]

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.


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