Frakes, Kentucky

Frakes
Frakes
Unincorporated community
	Frakes Location within the state of Kentucky Frakes Frakes (the United States)
	Coordinates: 36°38′34″N 83°55′40″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Bell
Elevation	1,489 ft (454 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	40940
Area code	606
GNIS feature ID	508032

Frakes is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.

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First settled in the 1850s, it was known as South America for its relative remoteness. The community was renamed in the 1930s for the local pastor Hiram Milo Frakes.^[3]

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"Frakes ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.

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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frakes, Kentucky

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Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 108. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.

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Frakes
Unincorporated community
Frakes Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Frakes Frakes (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 36°38′34″N 83°55′40″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Bell
Elevation	1,489 ft (454 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	40940^[1]
Area code	606
GNIS feature ID	508032^[2]