Pettit, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States
37°41′20″N 87°7′55″W / 37.68889°N 87.13194°W / 37.68889; -87.13194CountryUnited StatesStateKentuckyCountyDaviessElevation
387 ft (118 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)GNIS feature ID500485[1]

Pettit is an unincorporated community located in Daviess County, Kentucky, United States. It is named for Thomas S. Pettit, the long-time publisher of The Monitor (now the Messenger-Inquirer), who helped clear and improve the land that the community now occupies.[2]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pettit, Kentucky
  2. ^ Connelley and Coulter, p. 158
  • Connelley, William Elsey; Ellis Merton Coulter (1922). History of Kentucky. American Historical Society.
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