Jeffrey is an unincorporated community located near Peter/s Creek on Bethlehem Church Road, approximately eight miles (13 km) northwest of Tompkinsville, Monroe County, Kentucky, United States.

Jeffrey
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 36°45′04″N 85°50′26″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Monroe
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	42157
GNIS feature ID	4296220[1]

History

A post office was first established here, March 10, 1903, in the home of postmaster and namesake, Payton J. Jeffrey/s (1865-1926)[2] and his wife, Ella (Arterburn) Jeffrey/s, which was later moved to their general store.[3] Their daughter, Nola (Jeffrey/s) Simmons, was the last postmaster and one of the schoolteachers at the local rural school known as “Mud Slash” (1911-1967).[4] Jeffrey's post office was discontinued March 31, 1937. Payton Jeffrey/s also operated a water-powered turbine grist mill located behind his store on Peter/s Creek, succeeded by his son-in-law, George Simmons.[5][6]

Argil Black, Joe Bowman, William Joseph Burks, Finley Quinn, Leslie Samson, John Bedford Smith, and J. T. Turner were also merchants in this community. William T. Whitehead briefly operated a steam-powered sawmill on Kate Miller Branch of Peter/s Creek nearby. The Ulysses Quinn Family later operated another water-powered turbine grist mill on Peter/s Creek located at the intersection of Stringtown-Flippin Road and Bethlehem Church Road nearby.[3][7]

Jeffrey’s general stores and Mud Slash School and mills are gone. Fairview/Mud Slash Baptist Church (est. 1890) remains an active local congregation.

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External links

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