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Weed, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°2′19″N 85°28′17″W / 37.03861°N 85.47139°W / 37.03861; -85.47139
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Weed
Weed is located in Kentucky
Weed
Weed
Location within the state of Kentucky
Weed is located in the United States
Weed
Weed
Weed (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°2′19″N 85°28′17″W / 37.03861°N 85.47139°W / 37.03861; -85.47139
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyAdair
Elevation
1,043 ft (318 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID509331

Weed is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 1043 feet (318 m).[1]

The Weed post office, which is no longer in operation, was established on October 15, 1901, by Charles Weed Sparks Sr., who gave it his middle name. Sparks had earlier run the post office at nearby Sparksville, which was also named for him.[2]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Weed, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert (1984). Kentucky Place Names. Univ. Press of Ky. p. 312. ISBN 0813144019.