Sibert, Kentucky

Sibert is a coal town and rail depot, and was a post office, in Clay County, Kentucky, United States located below the mouth of the Paw Paw Branch of the Horse Creek tributary of the Goose Creek river, half a mile above Hima.

[2] The town, depot, and postoffice were all named after a local family who were descendants, through William and Milton Siebert, of pioneers Daniel and Sarah (Sallie) Siebert.

[2] In 1918, a Daniel Siebert had a mine on Horse Creek, 2.625 miles (4.225 km) upstream, and Thomas Siebert one 0.25 miles (0.40 km) upstream on Paw Paw branch..[3] The post office was established by Ellen Lewis on 1920-09-20, James W. McNamara its first postmaster, and closed in 1974.

[citation needed] Its population in July 2007 is 3,027.

This Clay County, Kentucky state location article is a stub.

Location of Clay County, Kentucky