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Stepstone, Kentucky

Coordinates: 38°5′16″N 83°49′45″W / 38.08778°N 83.82917°W / 38.08778; -83.82917
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Stepstone, Kentucky
Stepstone is located in Kentucky
Stepstone
Stepstone
Stepstone is located in the United States
Stepstone
Stepstone
Coordinates: 38°5′16″N 83°49′45″W / 38.08778°N 83.82917°W / 38.08778; -83.82917
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBath, Montgomery
Elevation
784 ft (239 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID509126[1]

Stepstone is an unincorporated community on the border of Montgomery County, Kentucky, and Bath County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office [2] closed in 1931, after being open for nearly 50 years.

Stepstone Railroad

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In the Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of Kentucky, Volume 30, on November 26, 1908, one mile west of Stepstone, Kentucky., 9:00am, Nelsey Bailey, colored, age 14, single, while attempting to board extra 222 west, freight train, fell under the train, was run over and fatally injured. He later died at 1:30pm on the same day.[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stepstone, Kentucky
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stepstone KY post office
  3. ^ Kentucky, Railroad Commission of (October 12, 2018). "Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of Kentucky". The Commission – via Google Books.