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Glen Dean is an unincorporated community in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States. Glen Dean is located at the west end of Kentucky Route 108, 9.8 miles (15.8 km) south-southwest of Hardinsburg.[2] Glen Dean had a post office until it closed on June 22, 1991.[3]

Glen Dean, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°39′12″N 86°32′28″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Breckinridge
Elevation	479 ft (146 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	270
GNIS feature ID	492886[1]

The place name Glen Dean comes from the Scottish words glen, meaning a narrow valley, and dean, also meaning valley.[4]

It has also been reported that Glen Dean was named for William Johnson Dean, who was the owner of 2,700 acres.[5]

The last wild turkey in Breckinridge County was killed in the late 1800s^[timeframe?] near the site of the first Goshen Baptist Church, located in Glen Dean.

References

"Glen Dean". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
State Primary Road System: Breckinridge County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
"Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code". United States Postal Service. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 117. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
Breckinridge Bicentennial Committee Program. Accessed from Breckinridge Historical Archives.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Breckinridge County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Hardinsburg
Cities	Cloverport Hardinsburg Irvington	Location of Breckinridge County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities	Addison Axtel Big Spring‡ Constantine Custer Falls of Rough Garfield Glen Dean Harned Holt Hudson Kingswood Locust Hill Mattingly McDaniels McQuady Mook Mount Merino Mystic Raymond Roff Sample Se Ree Stephensport Tar Fork Union Star Vanzant Webster‡ Westview
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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