Possum_Trot,_Kentucky

Possum Trot, Kentucky

Possum Trot, Kentucky

Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States

This article is about the town in Kentucky. For other uses, see Possum Trot.

Possum Trot is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kentucky, United States.[1] Possum Trot is located on U.S. Route 62 between Paducah and Calvert City in the Jackson Purchase region of Western Kentucky.

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Possum Trot has been noted for its unusual place name.[2]

Notable People

Robert H. Grubbs, ForMemRS (February 27, 1942 – December 19, 2021) was an American chemist and the Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California. He was a co-recipient of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on olefin metathesis.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Possum Trot, Kentucky
  2. [2]
    "Get the scoop on all of Northern Kentucky's weird town names, from Rabbit Hash to Sugartit". WCPO-TV. April 2, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Press Release, 5 October 2005". The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2005. NobelPrize.org. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
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