Ezel, Kentucky | |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Kentucky#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Ezel |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Kentucky |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Morgan |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 2.30 |
Area Land Km2: | 2.29 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.01 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.89 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.89 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 209 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 236.16 |
Population Density Km2: | 91.16 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Ft: | 945 |
Coordinates: | 37.8911°N -83.4444°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 41425 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 21-25876 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 512105 |
Ezel (also Ecell and Ezell) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Morgan County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 209.[2] It has a small post office, with the ZIP code 41425.[3]
First incorporated in 1882, the town was given the name "Ezel", for a rock in the Bible, by its first postmaster, Eli Pieratt, when the post office opened in 1875.[4] [5] It is now home to Ezel Elementary School and the Blackwater Volunteer Fire Department.
Ezel lies along U.S. Route 460, west of the city of West Liberty, the county seat of Morgan County.[6] Frenchburg is further west along US 460. The elevation of Ezel is .[7]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Ezel CDP has a total area of 0.89sqmi, of which 0.004sqmi, or 0.45%, are water.[1] Blackwater Creek runs along the southeast edge of the community, leading northeast to the Licking River near Kellacey.