Gravel Switch 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 ...

within Marion 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 is located along

Kentucky Route 243 Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennes ...

, just south of its intersection with U.S. Route 68, southwest of Perryville and northeast of Bradfordsville. A post office was established in the community in 1870, and it was named for a valuable gravel deposit to which the local railroad directed a railway track. on the

Louisville and Nashville Railroad Lebanon Branch The former Louisville and Nashville Railroad Lebanon Branch (AKA Knoxville Branch) was 77 miles long and ran from Lebanon Junction in Bullitt County to near Mt. Vernon in Rockcastle County. Construction of the branch began in 1857, reaching Le ...

The community is home to Penn's Store, the oldest general store in Kentucky.

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* Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{MarionCountyKY-geo-stub