Tonieville, Kentucky

Tonieville is a small unincorporated community in LaRue County, Kentucky, United States, in the central part of the state.^[1] The community is part of the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its zip code is 42748.

• Latitude: 37.60944
• Longitude: -85.79611
• Location is 37°36'34"N / 85°47'46"W (per GSP)

It is most notable as the birthplace of Carl Brashear, the first black U.S. Navy Master Diver.

The name of the town derived from two of the largest local landowners. These landowners were Tone Goodin and Tone Kenneday and were known by the name of "Tone", which was probably short for "Anthony."^[2]

Notes

Municipalities and communities of LaRue County, Kentucky, United States County seat: Hodgenville Cities Hodgenville Upton‡ CDPs Buffalo Magnolia Other unincorporated communities Athertonville Attilla Ginseng In the Bark of Wonderland Malt Maxine Mount Sherman Tanner Tonieville White City Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 37°36′34″N 85°47′46″W / 37.60944°N 85.79611°W / 37.60944; -85.79611