Ibex 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 Elliott County,

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, United States. A post office was established in the community in 1890. Ibex was named from the animal of the same name by its first postmaster.

References

Unincorporated communities in Elliott County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{ElliottCountyKY-geo-stub