Frakes is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.

Frakes
Frakes is located in Kentucky
Frakes
Frakes
Location within the state of Kentucky
Frakes is located in the United States
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Frakes
Frakes (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°38′34″N 83°55′40″W / 36.64278°N 83.92778°W / 36.64278; -83.92778
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBell
Elevation
1,489 ft (454 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
40940[1]
Area code606
GNIS feature ID508032[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

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  1. ^ "Frakes ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frakes, Kentucky
  3. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 108. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.