Frakes, Kentucky

Frakes
Unincorporated community
Frakes Location within the state of Kentucky
Coordinates: 36°38′34″N 83°55′40″W / 36.64278°N 83.92778°W / 36.64278; -83.92778Coordinates: 36°38′34″N 83°55′40″W / 36.64278°N 83.92778°W / 36.64278; -83.92778
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Bell
Elevation	1,489 ft (454 m)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	508032^[1]

Frakes is an unincorporated community located in Bell County, Kentucky, United States.

First settled in the 1850s, it was known as South America for its relative remoteness. The community was renamed in the 1930s for the local pastor Hiram Milo Frakes.^[2]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Frakes, Kentucky
↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 108. Retrieved 2013-04-28.

Municipalities and communities of Bell County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Pineville

Cities	Middlesboro Pineville

Unincorporated communities	Arjay Balkan Beverly Black Snake Blackmont Clear Creek Springs Colmar Cubage Field Fonde Fourmile Frakes Harbell Hutch Ingram Jaybel Keenox Kettle Island Laurel Ford Meldrum Miracle Mocking Bird Branch Noetown Oaks Olcott Ponza Premier Pruden‡ Red Oak Rella Stoney Fork Stony Fork Junction Sugar Run Tejay Timsley Tuggleville Varilla Wallsend Wasioto

Ghost towns	Arjay Coal Camp Glendon Coal Camp Kettle Island Coal Camp Nugym Rim Camp Yellow Creek

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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