Sugartit, Kentucky
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| Sugartit, Kentucky | |
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| Former settlement | |
  Sugartit, Kentucky | |
| Coordinates: 38°58′22″N 84°39′46″W / 38.97278°N 84.66278°WCoordinates: 38°58′22″N 84°39′46″W / 38.97278°N 84.66278°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Boone |
| Elevation | 794 ft (242 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| GNIS feature ID | 504705[1] |
Sugartit (also known as Gunpowder)[2] is a former community in Boone County, Kentucky, United States. It was located at the intersection of U.S. Route 42 and Kentucky Route 237 between the cities of Florence and Union.[3] According to one account, the community received its name when the local men would spend all day at its general store and return home late for dinner; their wives would remark that they "had to have a sugartit [a pacifier made of cloth tied around a sugar cube] at the store".[2] The community no longer exists; the last surviving structure was the Sugartit Asphalt factory.[4]
References
- ↑ "Sugartit". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tenkotte, Paul A.; James C. Claypool (2009). Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky.
- ↑ Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (2011) (PDF). State Primary Road System: Boone County (Map). http://transportation.ky.gov/Planning/SPRS%20Maps/Boone.pdf. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
- ↑ "Union, Kentucky: Town Name Sugartit". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved June 20, 2012.
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