Hazel Green, Kentucky

Hazel Green (also Tribles Store) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Wolfe County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Routes 191 and 205 northeast of the city of Campton, the county seat of Wolfe County.[1] Its elevation is 922 feet (281 m).[2] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 41332.[3]

This article is about the unincorporated place in Kentucky. For the census-designated place in Alabama, see Hazel Green, Alabama. For other uses, see Hazel Green (disambiguation).
Hazel Green
Unincorporated community & census-designated place
Nickname(s): 
Trimble's Store
Hazel Green
Location within the state of Kentucky
Hazel Green
Hazel Green (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°47′51″N 83°25′0″W
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyWolfe
Elevation
922 ft (281 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41332
GNIS feature ID493953

A post office was established as Hazle Green [sic] in 1829, and named for the hazel shrubs prevalent in the area. The name of the post office was officially changed to its present spelling in 1889.[4]

Notable person
  • Pete Center, baseball player.
  • South Trimble U.S. House of Representatives -Longest serving Clerk of the House of Representatives

References
  1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 43.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hazel Green, Kentucky, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-20. Accessed 2008-01-03.
  3. Zip Code Lookup
  4. Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 135. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved 2013-04-28.



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