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Gravel Switch, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°34′43″N 85°3′7″W / 37.57861°N 85.05194°W / 37.57861; -85.05194
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For the locale in Livingston County, see Gravel Switch, Livingston County, Kentucky.
Gravel Switch
Unincorporated community
Gravel Switch
Gravel Switch
Gravel Switch is located in Kentucky
Gravel Switch
Gravel Switch
Location within the state of Kentucky
Gravel Switch is located in the United States
Gravel Switch
Gravel Switch
Gravel Switch (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°34′43″N 85°3′7″W / 37.57861°N 85.05194°W / 37.57861; -85.05194
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMarion
Elevation
909 ft (277 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
40328
GNIS feature ID493182[1]

Gravel Switch is an unincorporated community within Marion County, Kentucky, United States. It is located along Kentucky Route 243, just south of its intersection with U.S. Route 68, southwest of Perryville and northeast of Bradfordsville.

A post office was established in the community in 1870, and it was named for a valuable gravel deposit to which the local railroad directed a railway track.[2] on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Lebanon Branch[3][4][5]

The community is home to Penn's Store, the oldest general store in Kentucky.[6]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gravel Switch, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 123. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  3. ^ Company, Louisville and Nashville Railroad (May 19, 1871). "Annual Report ..." – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Commission, United States Interstate Commerce (May 19, 1959). "Interstate Commerce Commission Reports: Reports and Decisions of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States". L.K. Strouse – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Collins, Lewis; Collins, Richard H. (October 20, 1998). "History of Kentucky: ,". Genealogical Publishing Com – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Kentucky's Oldest General Store Will Have You Longing for the Good Old Days". 2016-09-13.


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