Gilpin, Kentucky

Gilpin
Unincorporated community
Gilpin is located in Kentucky
Gilpin
Gilpin
Location within the state of Kentucky
Gilpin is located in the United States
Gilpin
Gilpin
Gilpin (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°15′24″N 84°52′55″W / 37.25667°N 84.88194°W / 37.25667; -84.88194
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyCasey
Elevation
843 ft (257 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID508088[1]

Gilpin is an unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office was established in the community then known as Shackelford in 1881. In 1887, postmaster William Gilpin renamed it after his own family.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilpin, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 115. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.


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