Egypt, Kentucky

Egypt, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Egypt
Egypt
Coordinates: 37°18′47″N 83°53′46″W / 37.31306°N 83.89611°W / 37.31306; -83.89611Coordinates: 37°18′47″N 83°53′46″W / 37.31306°N 83.89611°W / 37.31306; -83.89611
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Jackson
Elevation 1,135 ft (346 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID [1]

Egypt is an unincorporated community located in Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office [2] has been closed.

A post office was established in the community in 1876, and was given the name Egypt by the newly transplanted Amyx family who felt homesick in the rural backwater, as if they had been exiled to Egypt.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Egypt, Kentucky". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ↑ "Egypt, Kentucky post office". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 90. Retrieved 2013-04-28.


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