Frakes is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.
Frakes | |
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  Frakes Location within the state of Kentucky  Frakes Frakes (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°38′34″N 83°55′40″W / 36.64278°N 83.92778°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Bell |
| Elevation | 1,489 ft (454 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP code | 40940[1] |
| Area code | 606 |
| GNIS feature ID | 508032[2] |
First settled in the 1850s, it was known as South America for its relative remoteness. The community was renamed in the 1930s for the local pastor Hiram Milo Frakes.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Frakes ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frakes, Kentucky
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 108. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
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