Etoile, Kentucky

Etoile
Unincorporated community
Etoile is located in Kentucky
Etoile
Etoile
Location within the state of Kentucky
Etoile is located in the United States
Etoile
Etoile
Etoile (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°50′8″N 85°54′0″W / 36.83556°N 85.90000°W / 36.83556; -85.90000
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBarren
Elevation
728 ft (222 m)
Time zoneUTC−6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CST)
ZIP codes
42131
GNIS feature ID507952[1]

Etoile is an unincorporated community in Barren County, Kentucky, United States. The Etoile Post Office [2] closed in 1988.

Previously called Caney Fork, the post office opened in 1886 was named Etoile, Étoile being the French for star, for unknown reasons.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Etoile, Kentucky
  2. ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 95. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.


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