Dubre, Kentucky
Dubre | |
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  Dubre Location within the state of Kentucky  Dubre Dubre (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°50′20″N 85°33′31″W / 36.83889°N 85.55861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Cumberland |
| Elevation | 640 ft (200 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 42717, 42731 |
| GNIS feature ID | 507879 |
Dubre is an unincorporated community in Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 90 west of the city of Burkesville, the county seat of Cumberland County.[1] Its elevation is 640 feet (195 m).[2] Dubre had a post office, with the ZIP code of 42731.[3] The postmaster of Dubre, Ms. Hazel Anderson Alexander, died November 18, 2010. The post office, which had been open only two hours a day was suspended by the USPS several weeks after her death, on December 3, 2010. Ms. Alexander began her tenure with the Dubre post office March 31, 1970. The Post Office was located inside of the Anderson Grocery, which also closed after Alexander's death.
The community was named for the local Dubre family.[4] [5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ Rand McNally and Company (2006). The road atlas '06 : U.S., Canada, Mexico. Internet Archive. [Chicago, Ill.] : Rand McNally. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-528-95801-4.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dubre, Kentucky, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-20. Accessed 2007-12-31.
- ^ Zip Code Lookup Archived May 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 85. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ^ In this local town, violent crime affects approximately 0.25% of the population.
- ^ "Dubre, KY". www.trulia.com. Trulia.
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