A post office in the community was established in 1876. The origins of the name Elk Horn are unclear: it may be named for a large collection of elk horns displayed at the local mill, or for a pair of antlers found in the area and thought to be unusual.[4] R.S & Amanda Tate was granted 2000 acres to set up homestead in the early 1700s at that time it was still a part of Greensburg KY.
horn, kentucky, confused, with, elkhorn, city, kentucky, horn, unincorporated, community, taylor, county, kentucky, united, states, lies, along, route, southeast, city, campbellsville, county, seat, taylor, county, elevation, feet, post, office, with, code, 42. Not to be confused with Elkhorn City Kentucky Elk Horn is an unincorporated community in Taylor County Kentucky United States It lies along Route 76 southeast of the city of Campbellsville the county seat of Taylor County 1 Its elevation is 735 feet 224 m 2 It has a post office with the ZIP code 42733 3 Elk HornUnincorporated communityElk HornLocation within the state of KentuckyShow map of KentuckyElk HornElk Horn the United States Show map of the United StatesCoordinates 37 18 59 N 85 17 7 W 37 31639 N 85 28528 W 37 31639 85 28528CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyTaylorElevation735 ft 224 m Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern EST Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP codes42733GNIS feature ID507921A post office in the community was established in 1876 The origins of the name Elk Horn are unclear it may be named for a large collection of elk horns displayed at the local mill or for a pair of antlers found in the area and thought to be unusual 4 R S amp Amanda Tate was granted 2000 acres to set up homestead in the early 1700s at that time it was still a part of Greensburg KY References Edit Rand McNally The Road Atlas 06 Chicago Rand McNally 2006 p 42 U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Elk Horn Kentucky Geographic Names Information System 1979 09 20 Accessed 2007 12 31 USPS Cities by ZIP Code Rennick Robert M 1987 Kentucky Place Names University Press of Kentucky p 91 ISBN 0813126312 Retrieved April 28 2013 nbsp This Taylor County Kentucky state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elk Horn Kentucky amp oldid 1166993518, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
