en Shoulderblade, Kentucky

Shoulderblade
Shoulderblade
Unincorporated community
	Shoulderblade Location within the state of Kentucky Shoulderblade Shoulderblade (the United States)
	Coordinates: 37°29′50″N 83°28′2″W / 37.49722°N 83.46722°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Breathitt
Elevation	748 ft (228 m)
Demonym	Shoulderblader
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	515393

Shoulderblade is an unincorporated community located in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States.

It is reportedly named after a creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River. The creek was in turn named for a bone of very large animal once discovered on its banks.^[2] The community is also referred to as Juan, named after the Battle of San Juan Hill.^[3]

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shoulderblade, Kentucky
^ Blevins, Don. Peculiar, Uncertain & Two Egg: the unusual origins of more than 3,000 American place names, p. 134 (2000)
^ Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names, p. 155 (1984)

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shoulderblade, Kentucky

[pec-2] Blevins, Don. Peculiar, Uncertain & Two Egg: the unusual origins of more than 3,000 American place names, p. 134 (2000)

[place2-3] Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names, p. 155 (1984)

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