Saint Helens 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 Lee County,

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, in the United States.,

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, 1979-09-30. Accessed 2007-12-30. It lies along Route 52 east of the city of Beattyville, the

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...

of Lee County. Its elevation is 728 feet (222 m). It has a

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with the ZIP code 41368.USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
/ref> This post office preëmpted the naming of a community in Jefferson County as Saint Helens; instead, it had to adopt the name " Shively" after an early settler.''The Encyclopedia of Louisville''
p. 819
"Shively". University Press of Kentucky (Lexington), 2001. Accessed 10 October 2013. This Lee County community is also sometimes (unofficially) known as Three Forks.

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Unincorporated communities in Lee County, Kentucky Unincorporated communities in Kentucky {{LeeCountyKY-geo-stub

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