Lovely, Kentucky

Lovely is an unincorporated community located in Martin County, Kentucky, United States.

Lovely
Unincorporated community
Lovely
Location within the state of Kentucky
Lovely
Lovely (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°49′33″N 82°24′5″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMartin
Elevation
627 ft (191 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41231
GNIS feature ID497220[1]

History

A post office called Lovely has been in operation since 1931.[2] Lovely was the name of the town's merchant, Samuel Dorsey Lovely.[3] A folk etymology maintains the community was so named on account of the "lovely" scenery of the original town site.[4]

Education

Lovely has a lending library, a branch of the Martin County Public Library.[5]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lovely, Kentucky
  2. "Martin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. Bergstrom, Bill (December 11, 1984). "Origins of place names are traced". Kentucky New Era. pp. 2B. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  4. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 80.
  5. "Kentucky Public Library Directory". Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Retrieved 7 June 2019.



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