Rock Haven, Kentucky
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Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Rock Haven is an unincorporated community in Meade County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.[1]
A post office called Rock Haven was established in 1848, and remained in operation until 1956.[2] The community most likely was named for nearby rock outcroppings.[3]
Rock Haven circa 1948 is described as a town of forty people with a falling population in Harlan Hubbard's Shantyboat, A River Way of Life (1977).[4]
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rock Haven, Kentucky
- ↑ "Meade County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ↑ Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 254. ISBN 0-8131-2631-2.
- ↑ Hubbard, Harlan (1977). Shantyboat, A River Way of Life. University Press of Kentucky. p. 156.
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