Fixer, Kentucky

Unincorporated area in Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
37°40′41″N 83°43′6″W / 37.67806°N 83.71833°W / 37.67806; -83.71833CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyLeeElevation
879 ft (268 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)GNIS feature ID512178[1]

Fixer is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, United States, on Big Sinking Creek and 6+1⁄2 miles north of Beattyville.

A post office was established in the community in 1917. According to legend, it was given the name Fixer by an exasperated resident, George W. Booth, who after submitting several rejected entries to postal authorities, declared that he was done suggesting place names and if the post office didn't like it, they could "fix 'er" themselves.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fixer, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 102. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
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