Frozen Creek, Kentucky

Frozen Creek is an unincorporated community in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office closed in 1983.[2]

Frozen Creek
Frozen Creek is located in Kentucky
Frozen Creek
Frozen Creek
Location within the state of Kentucky
Frozen Creek is located in the United States
Frozen Creek
Frozen Creek
Frozen Creek (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°35′28″N 83°25′19″W / 37.59111°N 83.42194°W / 37.59111; -83.42194
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBreathitt
Elevation
725 ft (221 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes
41326
GNIS feature ID508046[1]

A post office was established in the community in 1850. It was likely named Frozen Creek for a section of the local creek of the same name that early settlers often found treacherous in the winter.[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frozen Creek, Kentucky
  2. ^ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm. Retrieved July 30, 2012. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)[dead link]
  3. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 110. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.