Sprout, Kentucky

Sprout
Unincorporated community
Sprout is located in Kentucky
Sprout
Sprout
Location within the state of Kentucky
Sprout is located in the United States
Sprout
Sprout
Sprout (the United States)
Coordinates: 38°18′7″N 83°53′12″W / 38.30194°N 83.88667°W / 38.30194; -83.88667
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyNicholas
Elevation
751 ft (229 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID509114[1]

Sprout is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as Buzzard Roost or The Roost. The Sprout Post Office closed in 1907.[2] Of note, the Buzzard Roost Post Office, closed in 1861.[3]

The community was named after the local Shrout family (a transcription error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected).[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sprout, Kentucky
  2. ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 125.


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