Lovely is an unincorporated community located in Martin County, Kentucky, United States.

Lovely, Kentucky
Lovely is located in Kentucky
Lovely
Lovely
Lovely is located in the United States
Lovely
Lovely
Coordinates: 37°49′33″N 82°24′5″W / 37.82583°N 82.40139°W / 37.82583; -82.40139
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMartin
Elevation
627 ft (191 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41231
GNIS feature ID497220[1]

History

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A post office called Lovely has been in operation since 1931.[2] Lovely was the name of the town's merchant, Samuel Dorsey Lovely.[3] A folk etymology maintains the community was so named on account of the "lovely" scenery of the original town site.[4]

Education

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Lovely has a lending library, a branch of the Martin County Public Library.[5]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lovely, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Martin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  3. ^ Bergstrom, Bill (December 11, 1984). "Origins of place names are traced". Kentucky New Era. pp. 2B. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
  4. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 80.
  5. ^ "Kentucky Public Library Directory". Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2019.