Possum Trot, Kentucky
Possum Trot, Kentucky | |
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  Possum Trot Location within Kentucky  Possum Trot Location within the United States | |
| Coordinates: 37°0′20″N 88°25′50″W / 37.00556°N 88.43056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Marshall |
| Elevation | 348 ft (106 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CST) |
| GNIS feature ID | 501168[1] |
Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States.[1] Possum Trot is located on U.S. Route 62 between Paducah and Calvert City in the Jackson Purchase region of Western Kentucky.
Possum Trot has been noted for its unusual place name.[2] As local legend tells it, Sol King and Buck Bolen were possum hunting in the area in the early 1900s, and one said "If we don't get one soon, these possums are going to trot across the road and be gone."[3]
Notable people
Robert H. Grubbs, ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Possum Trot, Kentucky
- ↑ "Get the scoop on all of Northern Kentucky's weird town names, from Rabbit Hash to Sugartit". WCPO-TV. April 2, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
- ↑ Rennick, Robert (November 10, 2016). "Place Names Beginning with the Letter P". Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection.
- ↑ "Press Release, 5 October 2005". The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005. NobelPrize.org. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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