Thousandsticks is an unincorporated community in

Leslie County Leslie County is located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Hyden. Leslie is a prohibition or dry county. History Leslie County was founded in 1878. It was named for Preston H. Leslie, Governor of Kentucky (1871-1875). The Hur ...

, Kentucky, United States. Thousandsticks is located at the junction of the

Hal Rogers Parkway The Hal Rogers Parkway, formerly named the Daniel Boone Parkway, connects Somerset and Hazard in southeastern Kentucky. This toll road opened in November 1971, and the tolls were removed June 1, 2003. The original extent of the highway was t ...

and

Kentucky Route 118 Kentucky Route 118 (KY 118), also known as the Hyden Spur and the Tim Couch Pass, is a 3.524 mile (5.671 km) long state highway in southeastern Kentucky, running entirely in Leslie County. The route originates at exit 44 of the Hal Rog ...

northwest of Hyden. Thousandsticks had a post office with ZIP code 41766 which closed in 2005.

History

A post office called Thousandsticks had been in operation since 1924. The community was named after nearby

Thousandsticks Branch Thousandsticks Branch is a stream in Leslie County, Kentucky, in the United States. Thousandsticks Branch was named from the fact pioneers saw hundreds of tree stumps there like sticks. See also *List of rivers of Kentucky List of rivers in Kentu ...

Notable people

Bobby Osborne Bobby Osborne (born December 7, 1931) is an American bluegrass musician. He is the co-founder (with his brother Sonny Osborne) of the Osborne Brothers and a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. He also ...

, bluegrass musician * Sonny Osborne, bluegrass musician

References

Unincorporated communities in Leslie County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Coal towns in Kentucky {{LeslieCountyKY-geo-stub