Drift, Kentucky

Drift, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Drift is located in Kentucky
Drift
Drift
Location within the state of Kentucky
Drift is located in the United States
Drift
Drift
Drift (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°28′49″N 82°44′52″W / 37.48028°N 82.74778°W / 37.48028; -82.74778
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyFloyd
Elevation
715 ft (218 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total
569
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41619
Area code606
GNIS feature ID491113

Drift is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. As of the census of 2000, 569 people were living in the ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) for Drift's ZIP code (41619).[1]

History

A post office was established in the community in 1909. The origins of the name Drift are unclear: it may have been named for a local mine or for driftwood found in a nearby creek.[2]

The Beaver Coal & Mining Company was the most well-known operator of mines in the community, but there were also smaller mines such as the Floyd-Elkhorn Consolidated Collieries and the Turner-Elkhorn Coal Company.[3]

Geography

Drift is located at the northern terminus of Kentucky Route 1101 on Kentucky Route 122. The southern terminus of Route 3680 is also near the community.

Notable people

References

  1. ^ American Factfinder Retrieved on 2010-04-03
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 85. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. ^ DellaMea, Chris. "Eastern Kentucky Coalfields." Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains. November 1, 2006. Accessed December 28, 2015. http://www.coalcampusa.com/eastky/elkhorn/elkhorn.htm.
  4. ^ Case of State of Tennessee v. Howell, et al., opinion filed February 29, 2000.
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