Sibert is a
coal town
A coal town, also known as a coal camp or patch, is a type of company town or mining community established by the employer, a mining company, which imports workers to the site to work the mineral find. The company develops it and provides residen ...
and rail depot, and was a
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 serv ...
, in
Clay County, Kentucky, United States located below the mouth of the Paw Paw Branch of the
Horse Creek tributary of the
Goose Creek river, half a mile above
Hima.
The town, depot, and postoffice were all named after a local family who were descendants, through William and Milton Siebert, of pioneers Daniel and Sarah (Sallie) Siebert.
In 1918, a Daniel Siebert had a mine on Horse Creek, upstream, and Thomas Siebert one upstream on Paw Paw branch..
The post office was established by Ellen Lewis on 1920-09-20, James W. McNamara its first postmaster, and closed in 1974.
The elevation of Sibert is 876 feet.
Its population in July 2007 is 3,027.
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Unincorporated communities in Clay County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Coal towns in Kentucky
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