Possum Trot, Kentucky

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Possum Trot, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Possum Trot, Kentucky is located in Kentucky
Possum Trot, Kentucky
Possum Trot, Kentucky
Location within the state of Kentucky
Coordinates: 37°0′20″N 88°25′50″W / 37.00556°N 88.43056°W / 37.00556; -88.43056Coordinates: 37°0′20″N 88°25′50″W / 37.00556°N 88.43056°W / 37.00556; -88.43056
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMarshall
Elevation
344 ft (105 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID501168[1]

Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States.[2] Possum Trot is located on Highway 62 between Paducah and Calvert City in the Jackson Purchase region of Western Kentucky.

Possum Trot has been noted for its unusual place name.[3]

Notable People[]

Robert H. Grubbs, ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Possum Trot, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Possum Trot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  3. ^ "Get the scoop on all of Northern Kentucky's weird town names, from Rabbit Hash to Sugartit". WCPO-TV. April 2, 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Press Release, 5 October 2005". The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005. NobelPrize.org. Retrieved April 12, 2016.


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