Gradyville | |
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Coordinates: 37°3′48″N 85°25′21″W / 37.06333°N 85.42250°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Adair |
Elevation | 699 ft (213 m) |
Time zone | UTC-6 ( Central (CST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 42742
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Area code(s) | 270 and 364 |
GNIS feature ID | 493073 |
Gradyville is an unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky, United States. Its elevation is 699 feet (213 m). [2] It was the birthplace of Western Kentucky University basketball coach Edgar Diddle.
A post office was established in the community in 1848, and given the name of its first postmaster, William F. Grady. [3]
In February 1882, an Act of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky was approved that prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages within one mile of Wilmores and Kemp's store-house in Gradyville. [4] The Act imposed a $20 fine for each occurrence of violating the act. [4]
Gradyville suffered a flash flood on June 7, 1907, as the result of a cloudburst that precipitated three inches of rain in an hour. The sudden downfall caused Big Creek, a normally small and quiet stream that runs through Gradyville, [5] to rise by ten feet and to wash away several houses that were built on the banks of the creek. The flood resulted in the deaths of 20 Gradyville residents. [6]
Edgar Diddle, an American college men's basketball coach, was born near Gradyville in 1895 and was a Gradyville native. [7] [8]