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Gilpin
Gilpin is located in Kentucky
Gilpin
Gilpin
Location in Kentucky
Gilpin is located in the United States
Gilpin
Gilpin
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Casey
Elevation
843 ft (257 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID 508088

Gilpin is a small place in Casey County, Kentucky, United States. It is known as an unincorporated community. This means it's a group of homes and businesses that isn't officially a town or city with its own local government.

A Bit of History

The story of Gilpin begins in 1881. Back then, this community had a post office and was known by a different name: Shackelford.

A few years later, in 1887, the person in charge of the post office was named William Gilpin. He decided to rename the community after his own family. That's how Shackelford became Gilpin, the name it still uses today.

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