Sugartit, Kentucky

Sugartit, Kentucky
Former settlement
Sugartit, Kentucky is located in Kentucky
Sugartit, Kentucky
Sugartit, Kentucky
Coordinates: 38°58′22″N 84°39′46″W / 38.97278°N 84.66278°W / 38.97278; -84.66278
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBoone
Elevation
794 ft (242 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID504705[1]

Sugartit (formerly known as Pleasant Ridge and later as Gunpowder in the 1920s)[a][3][4] is a rural community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It was located at the intersection of U.S. Route 42 and Kentucky Route 237 between the cities of Florence and Union.[5] Sugartit has been noted for its unusual place name.[2][6]

The community no longer exists and has mostly been annexed into Florence.[2][4] The last surviving structure was the Sugartit Asphalt factory.[7]

  1. ^ "Sugartit". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ a b c Clark, Ryan (April 2, 2017). "Get the scoop on all of Northern Kentucky's weird town names, from Rabbit Hash to Sugartit". WCPO. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Tenkotte, Paul A.; James C. Claypool (2009). The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. p. 427.
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Schiffer 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ State Primary Road System: Boone County (PDF) (Map). Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. 2011. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
  6. ^ Strecker, Zoe; Finch, Jackie Sheckler (July 1, 2009). Kentucky Off the Beaten Path. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-7627-5790-9.
  7. ^ "Union, Kentucky: Town Name Sugartit". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved June 20, 2012.


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