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Halfway, Kentucky

Coordinates: 36°47′44″N 86°17′45″W / 36.79556°N 86.29583°W / 36.79556; -86.29583
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Halfway
Halfway is located in Kentucky
Halfway
Halfway
Location within the state of Kentucky
Halfway is located in the United States
Halfway
Halfway
Halfway (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°47′44″N 86°17′45″W / 36.79556°N 86.29583°W / 36.79556; -86.29583
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyAllen
Elevation
741 ft (226 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes
42150
GNIS feature ID508160[1]

Halfway (or Half Way) is an unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office was established in the community in 1877. The place name Halfway (historically also spelled Half Way) is said to have referred to the town's location halfway between Bowling Green and the Tennessee state line on the horse-drawn mail route.[2] The US Postal Service shows the Halfway post office as being in operation from 1928 until 1992, when service was suspended, and discontinued in 1997 when it was converted to a community post office of Scottsville, Kentucky.[3]

References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Halfway, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 128. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. ^ "USPS - Postmasters by City". December 20, 2012. Archived from the original on August 30, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2012.