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Drift, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°28′49″N 82°44′52″W / 37.48028°N 82.74778°W / 37.48028; -82.74778
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Drift, Kentucky
Drift is located in Kentucky
Drift
Drift
Location within the state of Kentucky
Drift is located in the United States
Drift
Drift
Drift (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°28′49″N 82°44′52″W / 37.48028°N 82.74778°W / 37.48028; -82.74778
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyFloyd
Population
 (2000)
 • Total569
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41619
Area code606
GNIS feature ID491113

Drift, Kentucky is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. As of the census of 2000, there were 569 people living in the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) for Drift's ZIP code (41619).[1]

Drift is located at 37°28′49″N 82°44′52″W / 37.48028°N 82.74778°W / 37.48028; -82.74778 (37.4803778, -82.7476587) at an elevation of 715 feet (218 m).[2]

A post office was established in the community in 1909. The origins of the name Drift are unclear: it may have been named for a local mine or for driftwood found in a nearby creek.[3]

References

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  1. ^ American Factfinder Retrieved on 2010-04-03
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Drift, Kentucky Retrieved on 2010-04-03
  3. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 85. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.