Relief, Kentucky

Relief is an unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Route 172 east of the city of West Liberty, the county seat of Morgan County.^[1] Its elevation is 732 feet (223 m).^[2]

Relief, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 37°56′41″N 82°59′43″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Morgan
Elevation	732 ft (223 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	508918

A post office called Relief was established in 1859, and remained in operation until 1983.^[3] For the early settlers, the convenience of having a post office in the community was a "relief", hence the name.^[4]

References

1. Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 43.
2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Relief, Kentucky, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-20. Accessed 2008-01-03.
3. "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved January 5, 2017.
4. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 110.