Typo
Unincorporated community
Typo is located in Kentucky
Typo
Typo
Location within the state of Kentucky
Typo is located in the United States
Typo
Typo
Typo (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°16′40″N 83°15′18″W / 37.27778°N 83.25500°W / 37.27778; -83.25500
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyPerry
Elevation
1,037 ft (316 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41771
GNIS feature ID516091[1]

Typo is an unincorporated community within Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office[2] has been closed.

Typo gained its name from loggers who tied poles to their logs to make rafts at the community. Since the community is located at the mouth of Big Creek into the Kentucky River, loggers made their rafts there before continuing downriver.[3] It has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[4]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Typo, Kentucky
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Typo KY post office
  3. ^ Blackford, Linda B. (December 27, 2006). "Origins of name mostly a mystery, but Typo spells home". Chicago Tribune.
  4. ^ Don Voorhees (October 4, 2011). The Super Book of Useless Information: The Most Powerfully Unnecessary Things You Never Need to Know. Penguin Group US. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-101-54513-3.


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