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'''Fixer''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Lee County, Kentucky|Lee County]], [[Kentucky]], [[United States]].
'''Fixer''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Lee County, Kentucky|Lee County]], [[Kentucky]], United States.


A post office was established in the community in 1917. According to legend, it was given the name Fixer by an exasperated resident, who after submitting several rejected entries to postal authorities, declared that he was done suggesting place names and postal authorities could "fix 'er" themselves.<ref>{{cite book | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&lpg=PA49&dq=cannon%20ky&pg=PA102#v=onepage&q=cannon%20ky&f=false | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | accessdate=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=102}}</ref>
A post office was established in the community in 1917. According to legend, it was given the name Fixer by an exasperated resident, George W. Booth, who after submitting several rejected entries to postal authorities, declared that he was done suggesting place names and if the post office didn't like it, they could "fix 'er" themselves.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Lac2FUSj_oC&dq=cannon+ky&pg=PA102 | title=Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=1987 | accessdate=2013-04-28 | author=Rennick, Robert M. | pages=102| isbn=0813126312 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:44, 11 June 2024

Fixer, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Fixer, Kentucky is located in Kentucky
Fixer, Kentucky
Fixer, Kentucky
Location in Kentucky
Fixer, Kentucky is located in the United States
Fixer, Kentucky
Fixer, Kentucky
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 37°40′41″N 83°43′6″W / 37.67806°N 83.71833°W / 37.67806; -83.71833
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyLee
Elevation
879 ft (268 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID512178[1]

Fixer is an unincorporated community in Lee County, Kentucky, United States.

A post office was established in the community in 1917. According to legend, it was given the name Fixer by an exasperated resident, George W. Booth, who after submitting several rejected entries to postal authorities, declared that he was done suggesting place names and if the post office didn't like it, they could "fix 'er" themselves.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fixer, Kentucky
  2. ^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 102. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.


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