Gilpin, Kentucky

Gilpin
Gilpin is located in Kentucky
Gilpin
Gilpin
Location within the state of Kentucky
Gilpin is located in the United States
Gilpin
Gilpin
Gilpin (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°15′24″N 84°52′55″W / 37.25667°N 84.88194°W / 37.25667; -84.88194
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyCasey
Elevation
843 ft (257 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID508088[1]

Gilpin is an unincorporated community in Casey County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office was established in the community then known as Shackelford in 1881. In 1887, postmaster William Gilpin renamed it after his own family.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gilpin, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 115. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.