Jinks, Kentucky
Jinks is an Estill county community on Red Lick Creek near the mouth of Jenkins Creek about nine miles southwest of Irvine. It was probably named for the local Jinkins family. A Jinks post office operated from 1900 to 1939 and from 1947 until circa 1983.
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