Ezel (also Ecell and Ezell) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Morgan County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 209. It has a small post office, with the ZIP code 41425.USPS – Cities by ZIP Code
History First incorporated in 1882, the town was given the name "Ezel", for a rock in the Bible, by its first postmaster, Eli Pieratt, when the post office opened in 1875.Ky Atlas & Gazetteer It is now home to Ezel Elementary School and the Blackwater Volunteer Fire Department.
Geography Ezel lies along U.S. Route 460, west of the city of West Liberty, the county seat of Morgan County.Rand McNally. The Road Atlas '06. Chicago: Rand McNally, 2006, p. 43. Frenchburg is further west along US 460. The elevation of Ezel is ., Geographic Names Information System, 1979-09-20. Accessed 2008-01-03.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Ezel CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.45%, are water. Blackwater Creek runs along the southeast edge of the community, leading northeast to the Licking River near Kellacey.
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