Cubage | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Kentucky#USA |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Kentucky |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Bell |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2000 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 1178 |
Coordinates: | 36.7011°N -83.5211°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 40822 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 490455 |
Cubage is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States. The approximate elevation of Cubage is 1178abbr=offNaNabbr=off.[1] Their post office closed in 1989.[2]
According to tradition, someone carved "cub bear killed here" onto a beech tree. Cub Beech, as it was then known, was corrupted into Cubage. A post office was established in 1879.[3]