Static is an
unincorporated community in
Clinton County Clinton County may refer to:
*Counties named for George Clinton, first and third Governor of New York, and later the fourth Vice President of the United States:
**Clinton County, New York
**Clinton County, Ohio
*Counties named for DeWitt Clinton, s ...
,
Kentucky, and
Pickett County,
Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. It is located on the Tennessee–Kentucky state line south of
Albany, Kentucky, northwest of
Jamestown, Tennessee and north of
Byrdstown, Tennessee.
According to tradition, Static has the name of a settler's dog. Static has been noted for its
unusual place name
Unusual place names are names for cities, towns, and other regions which are considered non-ordinary in some manner. This can include place names which are also offensive words, inadvertently humorous or highly charged words, as well as place ...
.
Static Ky.
H.B. Elkins' MillenniumHwy.net. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
Geography
Static is located at a crossroads intersection involving U.S. Route 127
U.S. Route 127 (US 127) is a north–south U.S. Highway in the eastern half of the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at US 27 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The northern terminus is at Interstate 75 (I-75) near G ...
(US 127), Tennessee State Route 111 (SR 111; formerly Tennessee State Route 42), and Kentucky Route 1076
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 to ...
(KY 1076). Its coordinates are 36°37′19″N latitude, and 85°5′6″W longitude. Using US 127, Jamestown, Tennessee, is southeast, and Albany, Kentucky, is north. Byrdstown, Tennessee, however, lies the same distance southwest via SR 111.
The town is located due east of the Dale Hollow Lake
The Dale Hollow Reservoir is a reservoir situated on the Kentucky/Tennessee border. The lake is formed by the damming of the Obey River, 7.3 miles (12 km) above its juncture with the Cumberland River at river mile 380. Portions of the lake a ...
area.
Education
In terms of public schools, the Kentucky side of the Static area attend
Clinton County Schools
based in Albany, while students on the Tennessee side attend the smal
Pickett County Public Schools
system.
See also
References
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Unincorporated communities in Clinton County, Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Kentucky
Unincorporated communities in Pickett County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
Divided cities