Lovely, Kentucky | |
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Coordinates: 37°49′33″N 82°24′5″W / 37.82583°N 82.40139°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Kentucky |
County | Martin |
Elevation | 627 ft (191 m) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 41231 |
GNIS feature ID | 497220 [1] |
Lovely is an unincorporated community located in Martin County, Kentucky, United States.
A post office called Lovely has been in operation since 1931. [2] Lovely was the name of the town's merchant, Samuel Dorsey Lovely. [3] A folk etymology maintains the community was so named on account of the "lovely" scenery of the original town site. [4]
Lovely has a lending library, a branch of the Martin County Public Library. [5]