Poverty, Kentucky
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Poverty is an unincorporated community located in McLean County, Kentucky, United States. Poverty was named by William Short, a local physician who strongly disliked his snobbish neighbors. The neighbors had formed a society called "the Social Circle" whose membership conferred a perceived high social status. Poverty was meant to be an insult.[2]
Poverty has been noted for its unusual place name.[3]
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Municipalities and communities of McLean County, Kentucky, United States | ||
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