Jeffrey is an unincorporated community located near Peter/s Creek on Bethlehem Church Road, approximately eight miles (13 km) northwest of Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, United States.
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| Coordinates: 36°45′04″N 85°50′26″W / 36.75111°N 85.84056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Monroe |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 42157 |
| GNIS feature ID | 4296220[1] |
History edit
A post office was first established here, March 10, 1903, in the home of postmaster and namesake, Payton J. Jeffrey/s (1865–1926), and his wife, Ella (Arterburn) Jeffrey/s, which was later moved to their general store.[2] Their daughter, Nola (Jeffrey/s) Simmons, was the last postmaster and one of the schoolteachers at the local rural school known as "Mud Slash" (1911–1967).[3] Jeffrey's post office was discontinued March 31, 1937. Payton Jeffrey/s also operated a water-powered grist mill located across from his store on Peter/s Creek, succeeded by his son-in-law, George Simmons.[4][5]
Argil Black, Joe Bowman, William Joseph Burks, Finley Quinn, Leslie Samson, John Bedford Smith, and J. T. Turner were also merchants in this community. William T. Whitehead briefly operated a steam-powered sawmill on Kate Miller Branch of Peter/s Creek nearby. The Ulysses Quinn Family later operated another grist mill on Peter/s Creek located at the intersection of Stringtown-Flippin Road and Bethlehem Church Road nearby.[2][6]
Jeffrey's general stores and Mud Slash School and mills are gone. Fairview/Mud Slash Baptist Church (est. 1890) remains an active local congregation.
References edit
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jeffrey, Kentucky
- ^ a b Rennick, Robert M., "Monroe County - Place Names" (2016). Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection. 111. (“Jeffrey, Kentucky”) https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/rennick_ms_collection/111
- ^ Monroe County Retired Teachers. Early School Days in Monroe County, Kentucky. Utica, KY: McDowell Publications, 2008.
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. The University Press of Kentucky, 1984. p. 153.
- ^ Birdwell, Dayton. The History of Monroe County, Kentucky, 1820–1988. Tompkinsville, Ky: Monroe County Press, 1992.
- ^ Tim Turner, Interview by Charles R. Arterburn, Jeffrey, Kentucky, August 18, 2022.
External links edit
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