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. Egypt is situated 2½ miles west of Pennington Fork.

Sextons Creek

Hamlet

Sexton's Creek is a creek in Clay County, Kentucky that is a tributary of the South Fork Kentucky River in neighbouring Owsley County, Kentucky. It is 24 miles long. It was named for a Sexton family of settlers who arrived some time before 1815. Sextons Creek is situated 3½ miles east of Pennington Fork.

Tyner

Village

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Tyner is a small, unincorporated community in southeastern Jackson County, KY. The town is located at the junction of U.S. Route 421, KY Route 30 and KY Route 3630. Tyner is situated 4 miles northwest of Pennington Fork.

Pennington Fork

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Clay, Kentucky, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.31481° or 37° 18′ 53″ north

Longitude

-83.84659° or 83° 50′ 48″ west

Elevation

942 feet (287 metres)

Open location code

869R8573+W9

GeoNames ID

4303891

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