Stepstone, Kentucky

Stepstone
Unincorporated community
Stepstone
Location within the state of Kentucky
Stepstone
Stepstone (the US)
Coordinates: 38°5′16″N 83°49′45″W / 38.08778°N 83.82917°W / 38.08778; -83.82917Coordinates: 38°5′16″N 83°49′45″W / 38.08778°N 83.82917°W / 38.08778; -83.82917
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Bath, Montgomery
Elevation 784 ft (239 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID 509126[1]

Stepstone is an unincorporated community on the border of Montgomery County, Kentucky, and Bath County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office [2] closed in 1931, after being open for nearly 50 years.

Stepstone Railroad

In the Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of Kentucky, Volume 30, on November 26, 1908, one mile west of Stepstone, Kentucky., 9:00am, Nelsey Bailey, colored, age 14, single, while attempting to board extra 222 west, freight train, fell under the train, was run over and fatally injured. He later died at 1:30pm on the same day.[3]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stepstone, Kentucky
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stepstone KY post office
  3. ↑ Kentucky, Railroad Commission of (12 October 2018). "Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of Kentucky". The Commission – via Google Books.


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