Broad Bottom, Kentucky
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Broad Bottom is an unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.[1]
History
Broad Bottom was named for its location "in a low-lying area" next to Levisa Fork.[2] A post office opened in 1924, and closed in 1984.[2][3] Broad Bottom was a flag stop on the Big Sandy Subdivision of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.[4]
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Broad Bottom
- ^ ISBN 0813126312.
- ^ "Kentucky, Pike County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ "Timetable No. 138" (PDF). The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company. April 27, 1952.