Official Name: | Knob Lick, Kentucky |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Knob Lick |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Metcalfe |
Leader Name: | Bo Matthews |
Leader Title1: | Mayor |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 801 |
Coordinates: | 37.0783°N -85.6944°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 42154 |
Area Code: | 270 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 508404 |
'Knob Lick' is an unincorporated community in Metcalfe County, Kentucky, United States. Knob Lick is located on Kentucky Route 70, 8miles northwest of Edmonton. Knob Lick has a post office with ZIP code 42154.[1]
Knob Lick was settled in the 1790s as part of a tract of land granted to Austin Allen. The community was originally known as Antioch after the local church, which opened in 1838. A post office opened on June 10, 1848, under the name Knob Creek; the name was changed to Antioch in 1851, and the post office closed in 1857. The post office reopened on July 23, 1867, as Knob Lick; Frank S. Ewing was the first postmaster of the new post office. The name Knob Lick came from a lick located south of a knob north of the post office.[2]