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Cubage, Kentucky

Coordinates: 36°42′4″N 83°31′16″W / 36.70111°N 83.52111°W / 36.70111; -83.52111
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Cubage
Cubage is located in Kentucky
Cubage
Cubage
Location within the state of Kentucky
Cubage is located in the United States
Cubage
Cubage
Cubage (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°42′4″N 83°31′16″W / 36.70111°N 83.52111°W / 36.70111; -83.52111
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBell
Elevation
1,178 ft (359 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
40822
GNIS feature ID490455[1]

Cubage is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The approximate elevation of Cubage is 1,178 feet (359 meters).[2] Their post office closed in 1989.[3]

According to tradition, someone carved "cub bear killed here" onto a beech tree. Cub Beech, as it was then known, was corrupted into Cubage. A post office was established in 1879.[4]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cubage, Kentucky
  2. ^ "Cubage Topo Map, Bell County KY (Varilla Area)". TopoZone.
  3. ^ "Postmaster Finder - Who We Are - USPS". about.usps.com.
  4. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 75. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.