Knob Lick, Metcalfe County, Kentucky

Knob Lick, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°04′42″N 85°41′40″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Metcalfe
Government
Elevation	801 ft (244 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	42154
Area code	270
GNIS feature ID	508404[1]

'Knob Lick' is an unincorporated community in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. Knob Lick is located on Kentucky Route 70, 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Edmonton. Knob Lick has a post office with ZIP code 42154.^[2]

History

Knob Lick was settled in the 1790s as part of a tract of land granted to Austin Allen. The community was originally known as Antioch after the local church, which opened in 1838. A post office opened on June 10, 1848, under the name Knob Creek; the name was changed to Antioch in 1851, and the post office closed in 1857. The post office reopened on July 23, 1867, as Knob Lick; Frank S. Ewing was the first postmaster of the new post office. The name Knob Lick came from a lick located south of a knob north of the post office.^[3]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knob Lick, Metcalfe County, Kentucky
2. ZIP Code Lookup
3. Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved March 3, 2011.