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Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
Ulvah, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°7′40″N 83°3′8″W / 37.12778°N 83.05222°W / 37.12778; -83.05222
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyLetcher
Elevation971 ft (296 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID509257

Ulvah is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office has ceased to exist.

Located on the North Fork of the Kentucky River, William T. Haney founded the community in 1897 as "Gourd". The Louisville and Nashville Railroad came through in 1912, and is said to have named a station after a line in the poem Lord Ullin's Daughter by Thomas Campbell, which the community adopted as its name.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ulvah
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Ulvah Post Office (historical)
  3. Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names, p. 300 (1984)
Municipalities and communities of Letcher County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Whitesburg
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