Cromwell 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 Ohio County,

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, United States.

Education

The north side of the community is home to Southern Elementary School, a part of the Ohio County School System. Secondary students in Cromwell attend Ohio County Middle and High Schools, located in the

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/Beaver Dam area.

Geography and transportation

The community is located in the southern portion of Ohio County on

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near its junction with Kentucky Route 505. It is located about southeast of

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. Interstate 165 (formerly the

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) provides direct access to Cromwell via the Exit 33 interchange with U.S. 231 just south of the Ohio- Butler County line. The community is also directly served by the

Western Kentucky Parkway The Wendell H. Ford Western Kentucky Parkway is a controlled-access highway, freeway running from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, Elizabethtown to near Nortonville, Kentucky. It intersects with Interstate 65 in Kentucky, Interstate 65 (I-65) at its e ...

at its Exit 75 interchange on the southern edge of Beaver Dam.

Industry

Cromwell is home to a

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poultry and pork processing plant.

Post office

Cromwell has a

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with ZIP code 42333, which opened on May 28, 1846.

References

Unincorporated communities in Ohio County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{OhioCountyKY-geo-stub