Co-Ordinates For Bromo, Kentucky

Would anyone know the Co-ordinates on google for the Bromo Kentucky - I am trying to plot the following cover on the Postmark wiki but cannot find it anywhere other than it is in Rockcastle County.



Drew

dunno but found this hope it helps I looked under bromo ky post office found the cover highlighted it and it had the blurb under the return address about the discontinued po.

http://www.postalhistory.com/photo....s_K/KY391014

Thanks for the extra info - I will include it on the page. I am looking for the map co-ordinates so I can drop a pin on the google map.

i don't believe it exists anymore the town mount vernon is the closest you might get, it was the county seat.

http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/ge..._W_type:city

I will pass on the info. Another we are having trouble finding is BOUTY, KY - another PO that is closed but as above we are looking for the co-ordinates for where it would've been when open.

LarryBruce thank you for your time - it is much appreciated.

You might want to look at older maps for that area. Sanborn insurance maps are a possible source and if you need to go back even more try Beers Atlas maps. Some of these types of maps are available through Ancestry.com if you have a membership or they will be located at the local or state historical society/library. Some college libraries have them online as well - University of Kentucky Library perhaps?

If you an find an old road map of Rockcastle County, Bromo was located on route 29543 in 1939.

Looks like you are not alone, looking for this information:

http://roadsidethoughts.com/ky/brom...wishlist.htm

Thanks for the info :

We have posted it where we think until we get more concise information.

http://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/w..._%28US-KY%29

We have run into a few but this one completely seems to have zero info on it.

Drew

StampStudy: Your map is off - the town is further west. Bromo is located southwest of the town of Spiro, modern day rt 618, Quail Road. Sometimes Google maps are not that great. Try Yahoo Maps instead. Bromo can be found there.

Bouty, Kentucky is located on rt. 478 between Duck Run and Redbird, west of I-75. Again, Yahoo Maps found it, Google did not.

j. jarvis noe jr is on ancestry.com as postmaster in bromo,ky looked like two items there I don't have an account atm

http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/...=angs-g&so=2

Brilliant - I will remember Yahoo Maps in the future.

I have updated both on the Postmark Wiki - many thanks.

Bromo:http://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/w..._%28US-KY%29
Bouty:http://www.stampsoftheworld.co.uk/w..._%28US-KY%29

Although the above coordinates for Bromo, KY appears to be just right, I was surprised to find reference to that "town" in a 1999 map of the area:



The complete map may be found at this link:

http://www.rkci.org/library/rockcas...unty_map.gif

Postmarks eh? Sounds like fun.

They are very much "fun" and interesting to postal history collectors but sadly today's ink jet "regional" postmarks have all but done away with the collecting discipline unless, of course, you find some handstamped examples that are still occasionally made at a local post office, although most modern day usage typically means that a post office meter is affixed to show the date and location of acceptance at a given office rather than using an "old fashioned" rubber stamp.

Again, a 1999 map reference for Bouty, KY:



http://ukcc.uky.edu/maps/ghm1999/whitley.gif