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Poverty is an unincorporated community located in McLean County, Kentucky, United States. Poverty was named by William Short, a local physician who strongly disliked his snobbish neighbors. The neighbors had formed a society called "the Social Circle" whose membership conferred a perceived high social status. Poverty was meant to be an insult.[2]

Poverty
Unincorporated community
Poverty
Location within the state of Kentucky
Poverty
Poverty (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°34′15″N 87°19′16″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMcLean
Elevation
400 ft (100 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
GNIS feature ID508866[1]

Poverty has been noted for its unusual place name.[3]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Poverty, Kentucky
  2. Rennick, Robert M. (2013). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813144016.
  3. Strecker, Zoe; Finch, Jackie Sheckler (1 July 2009). Kentucky Off the Beaten Path. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7627-5790-9.


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