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Yosemite, Kentucky

Coordinates: 37°20′48″N 84°49′29″W / 37.34667°N 84.82472°W / 37.34667; -84.82472
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Yosemite
Post office in Yosemite, Kentucky
Post office in Yosemite, Kentucky
Yosemite is located in Kentucky
Yosemite
Yosemite
Location within the state of Kentucky
Yosemite is located in the United States
Yosemite
Yosemite
Yosemite (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°20′48″N 84°49′29″W / 37.34667°N 84.82472°W / 37.34667; -84.82472
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyCasey
Elevation
840 ft (260 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EST)
ZIP codes
42566
GNIS feature ID507236[1]

Yosemite is an unincorporated community in eastern Casey County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office was closed in September 2011.[2] It was established in the 1870s for logging facilities owned by Cincinnati businessman Eugene Zimmerman. It was named by his daughter Helena, who said the hilly area reminded her of the Yosemite valley in California.

Locals in the area pronounce the town "YO-suh-MITE", differing from the California pronunciation.

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