Frozen Creek is an unincorporated community in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office closed in 1983.[2]
Frozen Creek | |
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Coordinates: 37°35′28″N 83°25′19″W / 37.59111°N 83.42194°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Breathitt |
Elevation | 725 ft (221 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
ZIP codes | 41326 |
GNIS feature ID | 508046[1] |
A post office was established in the community in 1850. It was likely named Frozen Creek for a section of the local creek of the same name that early settlers often found treacherous in the winter.[3]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frozen Creek, Kentucky
- ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
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(help)[dead link] - ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 110. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.