Official Name: | Duncan, Kentucky |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Kentucky |
Pushpin Label: | Duncan |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Mercer |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 837 |
Coordinates: | 37.8492°N -84.9903°W |
Area Code: | 859 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 491290 |
Duncan is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, United States. Duncan is located at the junction of Kentucky Route 390 and Kentucky Route 1941, 10miles northwest of Harrodsburg.[1]
A post office was established in the community in 1842, and it was probably named for prominent citizen John Ray Duncan.[2]