User:A.FLOCK/Pitts Point, Kentucky
Pitts Point
Pittstown | |
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Town | |
 Location in Kentucky. |
Pitts Point is a ghost town located in Bullitt County, Kentucky[1]. The population was 68 at the 1870 census[2].
History[edit]
Pitts Point has been a part of Fort Knox after it's purchase by the United States Army in 1942[3].
Geography[edit]
Geographic features[edit]
According to a 1996 report by Nancy O'Malley, "Pitts Point lay immediately east of the confluence of the Salt and Rolling Fork Rivers."
A 7.5-minute image map of Pitts Point by the USGS is available here.
Notes and references[edit]
- ^ O'Malley, Nancy (January 1, 1996). A Documentary History of Pitts Point: A River Town in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Defense Technical Information Center.
- ^ "Bullitt County History - Pitts Point 1870 Census". bullittcountyhistory.org. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- ^ "Ky. town exists once a year on Memorial Day". WDRB. 2012-05-28. Retrieved 2024-02-03.