Mousie 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 Knott 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.

History

A post office called Mousie has been in operation since 1916. Mousie was the name of the first postmaster's daughter. According to one account, the girl's name was Mousie Martin.

Notable people

* Bob Conley, baseball player

References

Unincorporated communities in Knott County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky Coal towns in Kentucky {{KnottCountyKY-geo-stub