Dubre, Kentucky

Dubre is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 90 west of the city of Burkesville, the county seat of Cumberland County.[1] Its elevation is 640 feet (195 m).[2] Dubre had a post office, with the ZIP code of 42731.[3] The postmaster of Dubre, Ms. Hazel Anderson Alexander, died November 18, 2010. The post office, which had been open only two hours a day was suspended by the USPS several weeks after her death, on December 3, 2010. Ms. Alexander began her tenure with the Dubre post office March 31, 1970. The Post Office was located inside of the Anderson Grocery, which also closed after Alexander's death.

Dubre
Unincorporated community
Dubre
Location within the state of Kentucky
Dubre
Dubre (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°50′20″N 85°33′31″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyCumberland
Elevation
640 ft (200 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
42717, 42731
GNIS feature ID507879

The community was named for the local Dubre family.[4] [5][6]

References
  1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 42.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dubre, Kentucky, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-20. Accessed 2007-12-31.
  3. Zip Code Lookup Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 85. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  5. In this local town, violent crime affects approximately 0.25% of the population.
  6. "Dubre, KY". www.trulia.com. Trulia.



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