Gravel Switch is an unincorporated community within Marion County, Kentucky, United States. It is located along Kentucky Route 243, just south of its intersection with U.S. Route 68, southwest of Perryville and northeast of Bradfordsville.
Gravel Switch, Kentucky | |
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 Gravel Switch | |
  Gravel Switch  Gravel Switch | |
| Coordinates: 37°34′43″N 85°3′7″W / 37.57861°N 85.05194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Marion |
| Elevation | 909 ft (277 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 40328 |
| GNIS feature ID | 493182[1] |
A post office was established in the community in 1870, and it was named for a valuable gravel deposit to which the local railroad directed a railway track.[2] on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Lebanon Branch[3][4][5]
The community is home to Penn's Store, the oldest general store in Kentucky.[6]
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gravel Switch, Kentucky
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 123. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ Company, Louisville and Nashville Railroad (May 19, 1871). "Annual Report ..." – via Google Books.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Commission, United States Interstate Commerce (May 19, 1959). "Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States". L.K. Strouse – via Google Books.
- ^ Collins, Lewis; Collins, Richard H. (October 20, 1998). History of Kentucky:. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 9780806345642 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Kentucky's Oldest General Store Will Have You Longing for the Good Old Days". September 13, 2016.
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