Epleys (also known as Epley Station, Epley's Station) is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Logan County Logan County is the name of ten current counties and one former county in the United States: * Logan County, Arkansas * Logan County, Colorado * Logan County, Idaho (1889–1895) * Logan County, Illinois * Logan County, Kansas * Logan County, ...

Kentucky Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...

, United States. The community is located on

U.S. Route 431 U.S. Route 431 (US 431) is a spur of U.S. Route 31. It currently travels for approximately from US 231/Alabama State Route 210 and US 231 Business (US 231 Bus.) and US 431 Bus. in Dothan, Alabama, to Owensboro, ...

and a CSX Transportation (formerly Louisville and Nashville Railroad) line, northwest of Russellville.

History

Epleys was established circa 1872 as a future station along the railroad, which was expected to be built through the area. Fritz Epley was the first settler and gave the community its name. The community had

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional ser ...

s under two different names: one as Epley from 1887 to 1888, and one as Epley Station from 1891 to 1921.

Notable residents

Velma Williams Smith Velma Smith (July 27, 1927 – July 31, 2014, née Williams) was an American country musician and guitarist. Smith was the lone female member of the RCA Studio B's " A-team" of studio musicians during the era of the Nashville Sound. She playe ...

, country musician, was born in Epleys.Epley native Velma Williams Smith to enter Hall tonight
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Notes

Unincorporated communities in Logan County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{LoganCountyKY-geo-stub