Saint Helens is an

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in Lee County,

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, in the United States.,

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, 1979-09-30. Accessed 2007-12-30. It lies along

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east of the city of Beattyville, the

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of Lee County. Its elevation is 728 feet (222 m). It has a

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with the ZIP code 41368.USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
/ref> This post office preëmpted the naming of a community in Jefferson County as Saint Helens; instead, it had to adopt the name " Shively" after an early settler.''The Encyclopedia of Louisville
p. 819
"Shively". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2001. Accessed 10 October 2013. This Lee County community is also sometimes (unofficially) known as Three Forks.

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Unincorporated communities in Lee County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{LeeCountyKY-geo-stub

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