Printer, Kentucky

Printer, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Printer is located in Kentucky
Printer
Printer
Location within the state of Kentucky
Printer is located in the United States
Printer
Printer
Printer (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°31′47″N 82°44′47″W / 37.52972°N 82.74639°W / 37.52972; -82.74639
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyFloyd
Elevation
673 ft (205 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41655
GNIS feature ID508877

Printer is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States.

The community is named after John Printer Meade, a pioneer citizen.

The community is located on Kentucky Route 122 at the western terminus of Kentucky Route 2030.

1981 Allen shooting

On October 16, 1981, a mass shooting occurred, when 70-year-old William Bevins shot eight people at an auto parts store near Allen, Kentucky, killing five and wounding three others. Bevins then returned to his home in Printer, where he was arrested. The shooting was sparked by a dispute with one of the victims.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Printer, Kentucky
  2. ↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 106.
  3. ↑ "Article clipped from The Courier-Journal". The Courier-Journal. October 20, 1981. p. 8. Retrieved April 29, 2026.
  4. ↑ Upi (October 18, 1981). "Around the Nation; Retired Miner Is Held In Shooting Deaths of 5". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 29, 2026.
  5. ↑ "Suspect in mass murder convicted in 1929 killing - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved April 29, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Bevins v. Com". Justia Law. Retrieved April 29, 2026.