Country United States GNIS feature ID 508866 Local time Saturday 6:38 AM | Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6) Elevation 122 m | |
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Weather 17°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 72% Humidity | ||
Poverty is an unincorporated community located in McLean County, Kentucky, United States. Poverty was named by William Short a local physician who strongly disliked his snobbish neighbors. The neighbors had formed a society called "the Social Circle" whose membership conferred a perceived high social status. Poverty was meant to be an insult.
Map of Poverty, Kentucky 42327, USA
Poverty has been noted for its unusual place name.
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