Possum Trot, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Possum Trot is located in Kentucky
Possum Trot
Possum Trot
Possum Trot is located in the United States
Possum Trot
Possum Trot
Coordinates: 37°0′20″N 88°25′50″W / 37.00556°N 88.43056°W / 37.00556; -88.43056
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMarshall
Elevation
[1]
348 ft (106 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID501168[1]

Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States.[1] Possum Trot is located on US Route 62 between Paducah and Calvert City in the Jackson Purchase region of Western Kentucky.

Possum Trot has been noted for its unusual place name.[2]

Notable People

Robert H. Grubbs, ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Possum Trot, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Get the scoop on all of Northern Kentucky's weird town names, from Rabbit Hash to Sugartit". WCPO-TV. April 2, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "Press Release, 5 October 2005". The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005. NobelPrize.org. Retrieved April 12, 2016.


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