Lovely, Kentucky
Lovely is an unincorporated community located in Martin County, Kentucky, United States.
History
A post office called Lovely has been in operation since 1931. Lovely was the name of the town's merchant, Samuel Dorsey Lovely. A folk etymology maintains the community was so named on account of the "lovely" scenery of the original town site.
Education
Lovely has a lending library, a branch of the Martin County Public Library.
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Lovely, Kentucky
- ^ "Martin County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Bergstrom, Bill (December 11, 1984). "Origins of place names are traced". Kentucky New Era. pp. 2B. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 80.
- ^ "Kentucky Public Library Directory". Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Archived from the original on January 11, 2019. Retrieved June 7, 2019.