Tonieville, Kentucky

Tonieville is a small unincorporated community in LaRue County, Kentucky, United States, in the central part of the state.^[1] The community is part of the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its zip code is 42748.

Latitude: 37.60944
Longitude: -85.79611
Location is 37°36'34"N / 85°47'46"W (per GSP)

It is most notable as the birthplace of Carl Brashear, the first black U.S. Navy Master Diver.

Local tradition has it that the name of the town derived from two of the largest local landowners. These landowners were Tone Goodin and Tone Kenneday and were known by the name of "Tone", which was probably short for "Anthony."^[2] While several men named Tony besides the two listed above have been put forward as having been the source of the name Tonieville, it was in fact almost certainly named after the town of Tonneville in Normandy.

Notes

Municipalities and communities of LaRue County, Kentucky, United States

County seat: Hodgenville

Cities	Hodgenville Upton‡

CDPs	Buffalo Magnolia

Other unincorporated communities	Athertonville Attilla Ginseng In the Bark of Wonderland Malt Maxine Mount Sherman Tanner Tonieville White City

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

Coordinates: 37°36′34″N 85°47′46″W / 37.60944°N 85.79611°W / 37.60944; -85.79611

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