Marrowbone is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Cumberland County

Cumberland County, Kentucky

Cumberland County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population was 7,147. Its county seat is Burkesville, Kentucky...

, Kentucky

Kentucky

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, United States

United States

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. It lies along Route 90

Kentucky Route 90

Kentucky Route 90 originates at a junction with KY 70 near I-65 in Cave City in Barren County. The route continues through Metcalfe County, Cumberland County, Clinton County, Wayne County, Pulaski...

 west of the city of Burkesville

Burkesville, Kentucky

Burkesville is a city in Cumberland County, Kentucky, United States. Nestled among the rolling foothills of Appalachia and bordered by the Cumberland River to the south and east, it is the county seat of Cumberland County...

, the county seat

County seat

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 of Cumberland County. Its elevation is 643 feet (196 m), and it is located at about (36.8288889, -85.5030556). Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office

Post office

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, with the ZIP code

ZIP Code

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of 42759.

In March 2010, nine congregants (and two other victims) of the Marrowbone Christian Brotherhood Mennonite Church were killed on Interstate 65 near Bowling Green and Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky's deadliest vehicle wreck in 20 years.