Gravel Switch, Kentucky

For the locale in Livingston County, see Gravel Switch, Livingston County, Kentucky.

Gravel Switch is an unincorporated community within Marion County, Kentucky, United States. It is located along Kentucky Route 243, just south of its intersection with U.S. Route 68, southwest of Perryville and northeast of Bradfordsville.

Gravel Switch, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Gravel Switch
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Coordinates: 37°34′43″N 85°3′7″W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Marion
Elevation	909 ft (277 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	40328
GNIS feature ID	493182[1]

A post office was established in the community in 1870, and it was named for a valuable gravel deposit to which the local railroad directed a railway track.^[2] on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Lebanon Branch^[3][4][5]

The community is home to Penn's Store, the oldest general store in Kentucky.^[6]