Crocus, Kentucky - USA - world.wikisort.org

world.wikisort.org - USA

Crocus is an unincorporated community in Adair and Russell counties in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its elevation is 988 feet (301 m).[1]

Crocus
Unincorporated community
Crocus Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Crocus Crocus (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 36°58′50″N 85°12′39″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Adair and Russell
Elevation	988 ft (301 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID	507785

The community, first established in 1840, possibly received its name from the wild crocuses growing along the nearby creek.[2]

References

U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Crocus, Kentucky
Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 73. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Adair County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Columbia
City	Columbia	Location of Adair County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities	Absher Bliss Breeding Cane Valley Casey Creek Chance Christine Coburg Craycraft Crocus‡ Cundiff Ella Eunice Fairplay Feathersburg Flatwood Gadberry Garlin Glens Fork Gradyville Holmes Inroad Joppa Kellyville Keltner Knifley Milltown Montpelier Neatsville Nell Ozark Pellyton Pickett Portland Purdy Sparksville Toria Weed
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
Kentucky portal United States portal

v t e Municipalities and communities of Russell County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Jamestown
Cities	Jamestown Russell Springs	Location of Russell County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities	Bryan Crocus‡ Eli Esto Fonthill Freedom Helm Horntown Humble Jabez Karlus Old Olga Olga Ono Ribbon Rowena Royville Sano Vinnie Whittle
Ghost town	Creelsboro
Footnotes	‡ This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties.
Kentucky portal United States portal

This Adair County, Kentucky state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This Russell County, Kentucky state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии