Saint Helens, Kentucky

Saint Helens is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, in the United States.[1] It lies along Route 52 east of the city of Beattyville, the county seat of Lee County.[2] Its elevation is 728 feet (222 m).[1] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 41368.[3] This post office preëmpted the naming of a community in Jefferson County as Saint Helens; instead, it had to adopt the name "Shively" after an early settler.[4]

This article is about the community in Lee County. For the Louisville suburb formerly known as "Saint Helens", see Shively, Kentucky.
Saint Helens, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Saint Helens
Location in Kentucky
Saint Helens
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°34′58″N 83°38′50″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyLee
Elevation
728 ft (222 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41368
GNIS feature ID515175

This Lee County community is also sometimes (unofficially) known as Three Forks.

See also
  • Other places named Three Forks, Kentucky

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Helens, Kentucky, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-30. Accessed 2007-12-30.
  2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 43.
  3. Zip Code Lookup
  4. The Encyclopedia of Louisville, p. 819. "Shively". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2001. Accessed 10 October 2013.



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