Argillite, Kentucky
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Argillite is a village on the Little Sandy River
in Greenup County
, Kentucky
, USA. It sits at the southern end of the confluence of Kentucky Routes 1 and 207. The name refers to argillite
, a type of stone, related to shale.
Argillite's ZIP Code
is 41121.
Little Sandy River (Kentucky)
The Little Sandy River is a tributary of the Ohio River, about long, in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. Via the Ohio, it is part of the Mississippi River watershed.-Course:...
in Greenup County
Greenup County, Kentucky
Greenup County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1804. As of 2000, the population was 36,891. Its county seat is Greenup. The county is named in honor of Christopher Greenup....
, Kentucky
Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...
, USA. It sits at the southern end of the confluence of Kentucky Routes 1 and 207. The name refers to argillite
Argillite
An argillite is a fine-grained sedimentary rock composed predominantly of indurated clay particles. Argillaceous rocks are basically lithified muds and oozes. They contain variable amounts of silt-sized particles. The argillites grade into shale when the fissile layering typical of shale is...
, a type of stone, related to shale.
Argillite's ZIP Code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
is 41121.