Egypt
Egypt is an unincorporated community located in Jackson County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office has been closed. A post office was established in the community in 1876, and was given the name Egypt by the newly transplanted Amyx family who felt homesick in the rural backwater, as if they had been exiled to Egypt.- Type: Hamlet
- Description: township in Jackson County, Kentucky
- Also known as: “Egypt, Kentucky” and “Egypt, KY”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Daniel Boone National Forest.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tyner and Annville.
Tyner
Village
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.Annville
Village
Annville is an unincorporated community… Annville is situated 4 miles west of Egypt.
Royrader
Hamlet
Royrader is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Royrader is situated 4½ miles southwest of Egypt.
Egypt
- Categories: unincorporated community and locality
- Location: Jackson, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.31314° or 37° 18′ 47″ north
Longitude
-83.89604° or 83° 53′ 46″ west
Elevation
1,135 feet (346 metres)
Open location code
869R8473+7H
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Irish—“Egypt” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “埃及”
- French: “Egypt”
- Irish: “Egypt”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Welchburg and High Knob.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Egypt Baptist Church and Liberty Cemetery.
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