Co-Operative, Kentucky

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Kentucky

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|subdivision_name2 = McCreary

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|population_as_of = 2000

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|timezone = Central (CST)

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Co-Operative is an unincorporated community and coal town in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office {{gnis|2558375}} closed in 1984.{{cite web|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm |accessdate=2012-07-30 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Co-Operative has been noted for its unusual place name.{{cite book|last=Staten|first=Vince|title=Kentucky Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWxHdHRX0aEC&pg=PA80|date=18 December 2012|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7627-9270-2|page=80}}