Revelo is an unincorporated community within McCreary County, Kentucky, United States.
Revelo, Kentucky | |
|---|---|
  Revelo  Revelo | |
| Coordinates: 36°41′00″N 84°28′14″W / 36.68333°N 84.47056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | McCreary |
| Elevation | 1,404 ft (428 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 42638 |
| GNIS feature ID | 514894[1] |
Originally a railroad siding for Southern Railway (US), the community was named for James Henry Oliver, an executive Vice President of Southern's Kentucky Division. Oliver was killed in a passenger train collision in 1918 in Danville, Virginia.
"Revilo" is "Oliver" spelled backwards. The United States Postal Service changed it to the modern spelling in 1943.
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