Haddix, Kentucky

Haddix is an unincorporated community and coal town in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States. It is located near the confluence of Troublesome Creek and the North Fork Kentucky River.[2]

Haddix
Haddix
Location within the state of Kentucky
Haddix
Haddix (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°29′14″N 83°20′54″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBreathitt
Elevation
781 ft (238 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (EST)
ZIP codes
41331
GNIS feature ID493525[1]

The first mines opened in this area about 1852. A post office was established in 1916, and named for early settler Samuel Haddix, a native of Virginia.[3] Its post office closed in 1994.[4]

References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Haddix, Kentucky
  2. "Early Lower Troublesome Creek". Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  3. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 127–128. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  4. http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm%5B%5D



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