Yosemite is an unincorporated community in eastern Casey County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office was closed in September 2011.[2] It was established in the 1870s for logging facilities owned by Cincinnati businessman Eugene Zimmerman. It was named by his daughter Helena, who said the hilly area reminded her of the Yosemite valley in California.
Yosemite | |
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 Post office in Yosemite, Kentucky | |
  Yosemite Location within the state of Kentucky  Yosemite Yosemite (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°20′48″N 84°49′29″W / 37.34667°N 84.82472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Casey |
| Elevation | 840 ft (260 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EST) |
| ZIP codes | 42566 |
| GNIS feature ID | 507236[1] |
Locals in the area pronounce the town "YO-suh-MITE", differing from the California pronunciation.
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Yosemite, Kentucky
- ^ Error Occurred While Processing Request at the Wayback Machine (archived November 27, 2003)[dead link]
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