Gimlet is an unincorporated community in Elliott County, Kentucky, United States.

It lies along Route 504 north of the city of Sandy Hook, the county seat of Elliott County.

[2] A post office, established in 1880, closed in 1961.

Gimlet is named for the gimlet tool, which is said to have the same crooked shape as the local creek.

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