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Blue Moon, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°30′27″N 82°41′52″W / 37.50750°N 82.69778°W / 37.50750; -82.69778
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Blue Moon, Kentucky
Blue Moon is located in Kentucky
Blue Moon
Blue Moon
Location within the state of Kentucky
Blue Moon is located in the United States
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Blue Moon (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°30′27″N 82°41′52″W / 37.50750°N 82.69778°W / 37.50750; -82.69778
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyFloyd
Elevation
902 ft (275 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID507533[1]

Blue Moon is an unincorporated community located in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office was established in 1936 by Alex L. Meade, a local schoolteacher. The name was selected by Meade's daughter Alice, who had received a bottle of Blue Moon perfume as a Christmas present. The post office closed in 1957.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Blue Moon, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1984). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky.