Egypt, Kentucky

Egypt, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Egypt is located in Kentucky
Egypt
Egypt
Egypt is located in the United States
Egypt
Egypt
Coordinates: 37°18′47″N 83°53′46″W / 37.31306°N 83.89611°W / 37.31306; -83.89611
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyJackson
Elevation
1,135 ft (346 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID[1]

Egypt is an unincorporated community located in Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office [2] has been closed.

A post office was established in the community in 1876, and was given the name Egypt by the newly transplanted Amyx family who felt homesick in the rural backwater, as if they had been exiled to Egypt.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Egypt, Kentucky". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Egypt, Kentucky post office". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  3. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 90. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.