Sprout, Kentucky

Sprout
Unincorporated community
Sprout
Location within the state of Kentucky
Sprout
Sprout (the US)
Coordinates: 38°18′7″N 83°53′12″W / 38.30194°N 83.88667°W / 38.30194; -83.88667Coordinates: 38°18′7″N 83°53′12″W / 38.30194°N 83.88667°W / 38.30194; -83.88667
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Nicholas
Elevation 751 ft (229 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID 509114[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%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  3. http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 125.


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