Bruin is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Elliott County,

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

, United States. It lies along Kentucky routes 7 and 409 just south of Grayson Lake State Park. Bruin is northeast of the

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.Rennick, Robert M. (1987) ''Kentucky Place Names'' University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
p. 39
Its elevation is 689 feet (210 m). The post office was established on 28 December 1869 by Samuel Mobley The community was named after Bruin Creek which flows parallel to Route 7 on the east side.Bruin Quadrangle, Kentucky, (1971) Topographic Map 1:24,000, United States Geological Survey

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External links

Bruin, KY: Community Profile
Unincorporated communities in Elliott County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{ElliottCountyKY-geo-stub