Shoulderblade is an unincorporated community located in Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States.

It is reportedly named after a creek, a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River.

The creek was in turn named for a bone of very large animal once discovered on its banks.

[2] The community is also referred to as Juan, named after the Battle of San Juan Hill.

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