Marcum, Kentucky

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Marcum, Kentucky
post office
Marcum, Kentucky is located in Kentucky
Marcum, Kentucky
Marcum, Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°06′38″N 83°33′35″W / 37.11056°N 83.55972°W / 37.11056; -83.55972Coordinates: 37°06′38″N 83°33′35″W / 37.11056°N 83.55972°W / 37.11056; -83.55972
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyClay
Elevation
889 ft (271 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)606
GNIS feature ID513779[1]

Marcum was a post office in Clay County, Kentucky from March 11, 1908 to June 1984.[2]

It was named for postmaster Henry B. Marcum Jr, who originally established it just below and crosses from the mouth of Sugar Creek on the Red Bird River.[2] Some time before 1928 it moved upriver by 1 mile to across from the mouth of Gilbert Creek, and remained there, located on Kentucky Route 66 11.5 miles (18.5 km) east-southeast of Manchester, until closure.[2][3]

Cross-reference[]

  1. ^ "Marcum". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  2. ^ a b c Rennick 2000c, p. 30.
  3. ^ State Primary Road System: Clay County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2013.

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