Hazel Green, Kentucky

Unincorporated community & census-designated place in Kentucky, United States

37°47′51″N 83°25′0″W / 37.79750°N 83.41667°W / 37.79750; -83.41667CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyWolfeArea

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• Total1.08 sq mi (2.79 km²) • Land1.08 sq mi (2.79 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.01 km²)Elevation

922 ft (281 m)Population

(2020)

• Total173 • Density160.78/sq mi (62.10/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

41332

FIPS code21-35398GNIS feature ID493953

Hazel Green (also Trimbles Store) is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Wolfe County, Kentucky, United States. It lies along Routes 191 and 205 northeast of the city of Campton, the county seat of Wolfe County.^[2] Its elevation is 922 feet (281 m).^[3] It has a post office with the ZIP code 41332.^[4]

A post office was established as Hazle Green [sic] in 1829, and named for the hazel shrubs prevalent in the area. The name of the post office was officially changed to its present spelling in 1889.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	173		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[6]

Notable people

Joseph L. Bristow, U.S. senator from Kansas, born in Hazel Green^[7]
Pete Center, baseball player.
South Trimble U.S. House of Representatives -Longest serving Clerk of the House of Representatives
John A. Huff, MD, revolutionary Hospitalist, born in Hazel Green^[8]

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^ Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 43.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hazel Green, Kentucky, Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-20. Accessed 2008-01-03.
^ USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
^ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 135. ISBN 0813126312. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.
^ Onofrio, Jan (2000). Kansas Biographical Dictionary (Second ed.). St. Claire Shores, MI: Somerset Publishers. pp. 49–50. ISBN 978-0-4030-9313-7 – via Google Books.
^ |url=https://projectgratitude.com/john-huff

External links

Digitized images from the Pearl Day Bach Photographic Collection, 1893-1961 housed at the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center

Municipalities and communities of Wolfe County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Campton

City