Revelo is an unincorporated community within McCreary County, Kentucky, United States.

Revelo
Unincorporated community
Revelo Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Revelo Revelo (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 36°41′00″N 84°28′14″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	McCreary
Elevation	1,404 ft (428 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	42638
GNIS feature ID	514894[1]

Originally a railroad siding for Southern Railway (US), the community was named for James Henry Oliver, an executive Vice President of Southern's Kentucky Division. Oliver was killed in a passenger train collision in 1918 in Danville, Virginia.

"Revilo" is "Oliver" spelled backwards. The United States Postal Service changed it to the modern spelling in 1943.

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