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Backusburg, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyCalloway
Elevation
433 ft (132 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID507433[1]

Backusburg is an unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States.

Two different archaeological sites are located near the community; one of them, known as the Backusburg Mounds, is one of the premier sites throughout the Jackson Purchase.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Backusburg, Kentucky
  2. ^ Funkhouser, W.D., and W.S. Webb. "Archaeological Survey of Kentucky". University of Kentucky Reports in Anthropology 7.5 (1950): 65.


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