Garrett, Kentucky (other)
Garrett is the name of the following places in the U.S. state of Kentucky: * Garrett, Floyd County, Kentucky * Garrett, Meade County, Kentucky Garrett is an unincorporated community in Meade 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 bo ...

Garrett, Floyd County, Kentucky
Garrett is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the intersection of Kentucky Route 80 and Kentucky Route 7. CSX CSX Transportation , known colloquially as simply CSX, is a Railroad classes, Class I freight railroad company operating in the Eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Operating about 21,000 route miles () of trac ... E&BV Subdivision also passes through the center of town between Front Street and State Route 7. The town was founded by the Elk Horn Coal Company. A post office was established in 1910 and named "Ballard". In 1914 the name was changed to Garrett, for brothers John and Robert Garrett, both Baltimore bankers and coal company financiers. Between July 26 and July 28 the nearby town of Jackson, KY recorded 8 inches of precipitation leading to widespread destruction and loss of life in and around Garrett. References Unincorporated communities in Fl ...
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