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.Blevins, Don. Peculiar, Uncertain & Two Egg: the unusual origins of more than 3,000 American place names, p. 134 (2000) The community is also referred to as Juan, named after the Battle of San Juan Hill.Rennick, Robert M. Kentucky Place Names, p. 155 (1984)
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