Hazel Green, Kentucky

This article is about the unincorporated place in Kentucky. For the census-designated place in Alabama, see Hazel Green, Alabama. For other uses, see Hazel Green (disambiguation).

Hazel Green
Unincorporated community & census-designated place
Nickname:  Trimble's Store
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Coordinates: 37°47′51″N 83°25′0″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Wolfe
Area [1]
• Total	1.08 sq mi (2.79 km^2)
• Land	1.08 sq mi (2.79 km^2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.01 km^2)
Elevation	922 ft (281 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	173
• Density	160.78/sq mi (62.10/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	41332
FIPS code	21-35398
GNIS feature ID	493953

Hazel Green (also Trimbles Store) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Wolfe County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Routes 191 and 205 northeast of the city of Campton, the county seat of Wolfe County.^[2] Its elevation is 922 feet (281 m).^[3] It has a post office with the ZIP code 41332.^[4]

A post office was established as Hazle Green [sic] in 1829, and named for the hazel shrubs prevalent in the area. The name of the post office was officially changed to its present spelling in 1889.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	173		—
U.S. Decennial Census[6]

Notable people

• Joseph L. Bristow, U.S. senator from Kansas, born in Hazel Green^[7]
• Pete Center, baseball player.
• South Trimble U.S. House of Representatives -Longest serving Clerk of the House of Representatives
• John A. Huff, MD, revolutionary Hospitalist, born in Hazel Green^[8]

References

1. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
2. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 43.
3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hazel Green, Kentucky, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-20. Accessed 2008-01-03.
4. USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
5. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 135. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
6. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
7. Onofrio, Jan (2000). Kansas Biographical Dictionary (Second ed.). St. Claire Shores, MI: Somerset Publishers. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-0-4030-9313-7 – via Google Books.
8. |url=https://projectgratitude.com/john-huff

External links

• Digitized images from the Pearl Day Bach Photographic Collection, 1893-1961 housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center