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.- Hamlet
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,140 feet (350 metres)
- Description: township in Jackson County, Kentucky
- Also known as“Egypt, Kentucky”“Egypt, KY”
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Egypt
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Latitude
37.31314° or 37° 18′ 47″ north
Longitude
-83.89604° or 83° 53′ 46″ west
Open location code
869R8473+7H
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = hamlet
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