Saint Helens, Kentucky

This article is about the community in Lee County. For the Louisville suburb formerly known as "Saint Helens", see Shively, Kentucky.

Saint Helens, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°34′58″N 83°38′50″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Lee
Elevation	728 ft (222 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	41368
GNIS feature ID	515175

Saint Helens is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, in the United States.[1] It lies along Route 52 east of the city of Beattyville, the county seat of Lee County.[2] Its elevation is 728 feet (222 m).[1] It has a post office with the ZIP code 41368.[3] This post office preëmpted the naming of a community in Jefferson County as Saint Helens; instead, it had to adopt the name "Shively" after an early settler.[4]

This Lee County community is also sometimes (unofficially) known as Three Forks.^[citation needed]

See also

• Other places named Three Forks, Kentucky

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Helens, Kentucky, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-30. Accessed 2007-12-30.
2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 43.
3. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
4. The Encyclopedia of Louisville, p. 819. "Shively". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2001. Accessed 10 October 2013.