Sprout is an unincorporated community in Nicholas County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as Buzzard Roost or The Roost. The Sprout Post Office closed in 1907.http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm Of note, the Buzzard Roost Post Office, closed in 1861.http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm
The community was named after the local family (a transcription error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected).
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