Minerva, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
38°42′19″N 83°55′09″W / 38.70528°N 83.91917°W / 38.70528; -83.91917CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyMasonElevation
945 ft (288 m)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EST)ZIP codes
41062
Area code606GNIS feature ID498407[1]

Minerva is an unincorporated community in Mason County, Kentucky, United States.[1]

History

A post office has been in operation at Minerva since 1810.[2] Minerva was incorporated in 1844.[3]

Notable person

  • Stanley Forman Reed (1884–1980), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Minerva, Kentucky". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Mason County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 547.
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