Uz was an unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States.

[2] Uz has been noted for its short name.

[3] A competing explanation for the place name is given from railroad origins.

W. S. Morton of Louisville & Nashville Railroad stated that it took the patience of Job to deal with local property owners and should be named after the biblical home of Job “Uz wuz.”[4]

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