Almo is an unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. No one knows when the community was founded, but a rail center was established in the early 1890s by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. A post office was opened on February 11, 1891, and given the name Buena, Kentucky. The name of the post office was changed to Almo on November 18, 1892. The new name may have been a shortening of the name Alamo from the Texas Revolution.[2] The post office closed on August 15, 2022.[3]

Almo, Kentucky
Almo is located in Kentucky
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Almo
Location within the state of Kentucky
Almo is located in the United States
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Almo (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°41′41″N 88°16′42″W / 36.69472°N 88.27833°W / 36.69472; -88.27833
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyCalloway
Elevation
430 ft (130 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes
42020
Area codes270 & 364
GNIS feature ID485892[1]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Almo, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 4. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  3. ^ "Postal history – Postmaster Finder". United States Postal Service. Retrieved January 8, 2024.