Pointer, Kentucky
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}
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Pointer is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Kentucky.{{GNIS|508842|name=Pointer}}
History
A post office called Pointer was established in 1891, and remained in operation until 1985.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp | title=Post Offices| publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 January 2017}} The community was named after Pointer Creek.{{cite book|last1=Moyer|first1=Armond|last2=Moyer|first2=Winifred|title=The origins of unusual place-names|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058322223;view=1up;seq=108|year=1958|publisher=Keystone Pub. Associates|page=104}} A variant name was "Hickory Nut".
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Pulaski County, Kentucky
Category:Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
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