Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky: Difference between revisions

Coordinates: 37°11′12″N 88°59′16″W / 37.18667°N 88.98778°W / 37.18667; -88.98778
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
Monkbot (talk | contribs)
Bots
3,119,769 edits
m →‎Etymology: Task 16: replaced (1×) / removed (0×) deprecated |dead-url= and |deadurl= with |url-status=;
Paducah, KY-IL Micropolitan Statistical Area was upgraded to Metropolitan Statistical Area status in July, 2023
 
(15 intermediate revisions by 12 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Kentucky, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Monkey's Eyebrow
|name = Monkey's Eyebrow
Line 74: Line 76:
|footnotes =
|footnotes =
}}
}}
'''Monkey's Eyebrow''' is a rural [[unincorporated community]] in [[Ballard County, Kentucky|Ballard County]], [[Kentucky]], United States.<ref>{{cite book | last=Klotter | first=J.C. | last2=Klotter | first2=F.C. | title=A Concise History of Kentucky | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-8131-9192-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IefRi2r5sMC&pg=PA53 | access-date=September 21, 2018 | pages=53-54}}</ref> It is generally the northwesternmost community in the [[Jackson Purchase]] area of western Kentucky that is identified on the highway maps distributed by the [[Kentucky Transportation Cabinet]]. The community is part of the Paducah, KY-[[Illinois|IL]] [[Paducah micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]]. A few different theories exist regarding the origin of the community's unique name.
'''Monkey's Eyebrow''' is a rural [[unincorporated community]] in [[Ballard County, Kentucky|Ballard County]], [[Kentucky]], United States.<ref>{{cite book | last=Klotter | first=J.C. | last2=Klotter | first2=F.C. | title=A Concise History of Kentucky | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-8131-9192-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9IefRi2r5sMC&pg=PA53 | access-date=September 21, 2018 | pages=53–54}}</ref> It is generally the northwesternmost community in the [[Jackson Purchase]] area of western Kentucky that is identified on the highway maps distributed by the [[Kentucky Transportation Cabinet]]. The community is part of the [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]], KY-[[Illinois|IL]] [[Metropolitan Statistical Area]]. A few different theories exist regarding the origin of the community's unique name.


==Overview==
==Overview==
Line 81: Line 83:
A common joke in the region is to provide directions to the city of Paducah by saying "it's halfway between Monkey's Eyebrow and [[Possum Trot, Kentucky|Possum Trot]] (a tiny community in [[Marshall County, Kentucky|Marshall County]])."<ref name="Hillinger 1987">{{cite web | author=Hillinger, Charles | title=Life in Colorful Kentucky Towns : It's All in the Name: Monkey's Eyebrow to Rabbit Hash | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=September 4, 1987 | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-09-04/news/vw-3971_1_rabbit-hash | access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref>
A common joke in the region is to provide directions to the city of Paducah by saying "it's halfway between Monkey's Eyebrow and [[Possum Trot, Kentucky|Possum Trot]] (a tiny community in [[Marshall County, Kentucky|Marshall County]])."<ref name="Hillinger 1987">{{cite web | author=Hillinger, Charles | title=Life in Colorful Kentucky Towns : It's All in the Name: Monkey's Eyebrow to Rabbit Hash | website=[[Los Angeles Times]] | date=September 4, 1987 | url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-09-04/news/vw-3971_1_rabbit-hash | access-date=September 21, 2018}}</ref>


The community was formerly frequently mentioned in the sign-off message of [[WPSD-TV]] in nearby [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]], as the location of its 1,638 foot broadcast transmitter.<ref name="Stinnett 2014"/>
The community was formerly frequently mentioned in the sign-off message of [[WPSD-TV]] in nearby [[Paducah, Kentucky|Paducah]], as the location of its {{convert|1638|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} broadcast transmitter.<ref name="Stinnett 2014"/>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
One theory on the origin of this unique name is that when looking at it from the air,<ref name="Rennick 2013">{{cite book | last=Rennick | first=R.M. | title=From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrows: Unusual Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | isbn=978-0-8131-2779-8 | date=2013 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SjoksQKaKyUC&pg=PA39 | access-date=September 21, 2018 | pages=39-40}}</ref> or on a map of Ballard County, it resembles a [[monkey]]'s head.<ref name="Stinnett 2014">{{cite web | last=Stinnett | first=Chuck | title=STINNETT: Some town names still raise eyebrows | website=Evansville Courier & Press | date=November 5, 2014 | url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/stinnett-some-town-names-still-raise-eyebrows-ep-745009885-324835411.html | access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> Monkey's Eyebrow is located where the monkey's eyebrow would be located.<ref name=DotOrg>{{cite web|url=http://www.monkeyseyebrow.org |title=Monkey's Eyebrow.org |accessdate=2007-09-23 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028040440/http://www.monkeyseyebrow.org/ |archivedate=2016-10-28 }}</ref> It has also been said that, when viewed from a nearby hill, the shape of the town resembles a monkey's eyebrow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11326864 |first=Linda |last=Wertheimer |publisher=[[NPR]] |title=How Monkey's Eyebrow, Ky., Got Its Name |date=June 23, 2007 |accessdate=April 21, 2017}}</ref>
Monkey's Eyebrow has been frequently noted for its [[place names considered unusual|unusual place name]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/get-the-scoop-on-all-of-northern-kentuckys-weird-town-names-from-rabbit-hash-to-sugartit | title=Get the scoop on all of Northern Kentucky's weird town names, from Rabbit Hash to Sugartit | publisher=WCPO-TV | date=April 2, 2017 | accessdate=7 July 2019}}</ref>
One theory on the origin of this unique name is that when looking at it from the air,<ref name="Rennick 2013">{{cite book | last=Rennick | first=R.M. | title=From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrows: Unusual Kentucky Place Names | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | isbn=978-0-8131-2779-8 | date=2013 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SjoksQKaKyUC&pg=PA39 | access-date=September 21, 2018 | pages=39–40}}</ref> or on a map of Ballard County, it resembles a [[monkey]]'s head.<ref name="Stinnett 2014">{{cite web | last=Stinnett | first=Chuck | title=STINNETT: Some town names still raise eyebrows | website=Evansville Courier & Press | date=November 5, 2014 | url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/stinnett-some-town-names-still-raise-eyebrows-ep-745009885-324835411.html | access-date=September 22, 2018}}</ref> Monkey's Eyebrow is located where the monkey's eyebrow would be located.<ref name=DotOrg>{{cite web|url=http://www.monkeyseyebrow.org |title=Monkey's Eyebrow.org |accessdate=2007-09-23 |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028040440/http://www.monkeyseyebrow.org/ |archivedate=2016-10-28 }}</ref> It has also been said that, when viewed from a nearby hill, the shape of the town resembles a monkey's eyebrow.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11326864 |first=Linda |last=Wertheimer |publisher=[[NPR]] |title=How Monkey's Eyebrow, Ky., Got Its Name |date=June 23, 2007 |accessdate=April 21, 2017}}</ref>


Yet another theory of the town's naming is that sometime before 1900, a community resident would go to nearby [[Needmore, Ballard County, Kentucky|Needmore]] to get supplies, instead of going to the local general store and blacksmith shop built and owned by John and Dodge Ray, as the man didn't like his neighbors.<ref name="Rennick 2013"/><ref name="Kleber 2015">{{cite book | last=Kleber | first=J.E. | title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-8131-5901-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcceBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA642 | access-date=September 22, 2018 | page=642}}</ref> It has been stated that the man considered the store to be "only fit for a bunch of monkeys", and that he considered both of its owners to be monkey-like, even having eyebrows resembling those of a monkey.<ref name="Rennick 2013"/> It has also been stated that the man viewed the brush on Beeler Hill above the store as resembling monkey eyebrows.<ref name="Rennick 2013"/><ref name="Stinnett 2014"/>
Yet another theory of the town's naming is that sometime before 1900, a community resident would go to nearby [[Needmore, Ballard County, Kentucky|Needmore]] to get supplies, instead of going to the local general store and blacksmith shop built and owned by John and Dodge Ray, as the man didn't like his neighbors.<ref name="Rennick 2013"/><ref name="Kleber 2015">{{cite book | last=Kleber | first=J.E. | title=The Kentucky Encyclopedia | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-8131-5901-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CcceBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA642 | access-date=September 22, 2018 | page=642}}</ref> It has been stated that the man considered the store to be "only fit for a bunch of monkeys", and that he considered both of its owners to be monkey-like, even having eyebrows resembling those of a monkey.<ref name="Rennick 2013"/> It has also been stated that the man viewed the brush on Beeler Hill above the store as resembling monkey eyebrows.<ref name="Rennick 2013"/><ref name="Stinnett 2014"/>


==Notable people==
==In popular culture==
<!-- Note:
In [[Don Rosa]]'s ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', the place name Monkey's Eyebrow also appears.
· Only people who already have a Wikipedia article may appear here. This establishes notability.
· The article must mention how they are associated with <city name>, whether born, raised, or residing.
· The fact of their association should have a reliable source cited.
· Alphabetical by last name please
-->

*[[Kelsey Waldon]], country singer raised in Monkey's Eyebrow<ref>{{cite news |title=Kelsey Waldon Recognized by Hometown of Monkey's Eyebrow/ |url=https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/kelsey-waldon-recognized-by-hometown-of-monkeys-eyebrow/ |access-date=5 October 2021|work=Saving Country Music |date=January 28, 2020}}</ref>
*[[Paul Watson (musician)|Paul Watson]], musician born in Monkey's Eyebrow


==References==
==References==
Line 98: Line 110:


{{Ballard County, Kentucky}}
{{Ballard County, Kentucky}}

{{authority control}}


[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Ballard County, Kentucky]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Ballard County, Kentucky]]

Latest revision as of 16:32, 11 April 2024

Monkey's Eyebrow
Unincorporated community
Monkey's Eyebrow is located in Kentucky
Monkey's Eyebrow
Monkey's Eyebrow
Location within the state of Kentucky
Monkey's Eyebrow is located in the United States
Monkey's Eyebrow
Monkey's Eyebrow
Monkey's Eyebrow (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°11′12″N 88°59′16″W / 37.18667°N 88.98778°W / 37.18667; -88.98778
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyBallard
Elevation
361 ft (110 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CST)
GNIS feature ID508626[1]

Monkey's Eyebrow is a rural unincorporated community in Ballard County, Kentucky, United States.[2] It is generally the northwesternmost community in the Jackson Purchase area of western Kentucky that is identified on the highway maps distributed by the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet. The community is part of the Paducah, KY-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. A few different theories exist regarding the origin of the community's unique name.

Overview[edit]

There were originally two Monkey's Eyebrows, commonly known as Old Monkey and New Monkey. One was at the top of a small hill, the other at the bottom. There were stores at both locations. Today, there are no stores. According to an article nearly 30 years ago in the county newspaper, the Advance Yeoman, the area acquired its unique name around the turn of the 20th century. A nearby attraction is the state-controlled Ballard County Wildlife Management Area. Goose hunting is a winter activity in Monkey's Eyebrow.[3]

A common joke in the region is to provide directions to the city of Paducah by saying "it's halfway between Monkey's Eyebrow and Possum Trot (a tiny community in Marshall County)."[3]

The community was formerly frequently mentioned in the sign-off message of WPSD-TV in nearby Paducah, as the location of its 1,638-foot-tall (499 m) broadcast transmitter.[4]

Etymology[edit]

Monkey's Eyebrow has been frequently noted for its unusual place name.[5]

One theory on the origin of this unique name is that when looking at it from the air,[6] or on a map of Ballard County, it resembles a monkey's head.[4] Monkey's Eyebrow is located where the monkey's eyebrow would be located.[7] It has also been said that, when viewed from a nearby hill, the shape of the town resembles a monkey's eyebrow.[8]

Yet another theory of the town's naming is that sometime before 1900, a community resident would go to nearby Needmore to get supplies, instead of going to the local general store and blacksmith shop built and owned by John and Dodge Ray, as the man didn't like his neighbors.[6][9] It has been stated that the man considered the store to be "only fit for a bunch of monkeys", and that he considered both of its owners to be monkey-like, even having eyebrows resembling those of a monkey.[6] It has also been stated that the man viewed the brush on Beeler Hill above the store as resembling monkey eyebrows.[6][4]

Notable people[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky
  2. ^ Klotter, J.C.; Klotter, F.C. (2008). A Concise History of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 53–54. ISBN 978-0-8131-9192-8. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Hillinger, Charles (September 4, 1987). "Life in Colorful Kentucky Towns : It's All in the Name: Monkey's Eyebrow to Rabbit Hash". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  4. ^ a b c Stinnett, Chuck (November 5, 2014). "STINNETT: Some town names still raise eyebrows". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ a b c d Rennick, R.M. (2013). From Red Hot to Monkey's Eyebrows: Unusual Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-0-8131-2779-8. Retrieved September 21, 2018.
  7. ^ "Monkey's Eyebrow.org". Archived from the original on October 28, 2016. Retrieved September 23, 2007.
  8. ^ Wertheimer, Linda (June 23, 2007). "How Monkey's Eyebrow, Ky., Got Its Name". NPR. Retrieved April 21, 2017.
  9. ^ Kleber, J.E. (2015). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-8131-5901-0. Retrieved September 22, 2018.
  10. ^ "Kelsey Waldon Recognized by Hometown of Monkey's Eyebrow/". Saving Country Music. January 28, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

Further reading[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monkey%27s_Eyebrow,_Kentucky&oldid=1218420785"