Perry County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,473. Its county seat is Hazard. The county was founded in 1820. Both the county and county seat are named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, a naval hero in the War of 1812.
Letcher County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,548. Its county seat is Whitesburg. It was created in 1842 from Harlan and Perry counties, and named for Robert P. Letcher, Governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844.
Cornettsville is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky, United States, within the state's eastern mountain region known for coal mining. The population is 792 as of the 2000 United States Census. The town was named for one of the early pioneers to the area, William Jesse Cornett, whose log cabin and burial site can still be seen today.
Rock Bluff is a ghost town in Cass County located approximately three miles east of Murray in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Once the home of an influential college called the Naomi Institute, Rock Bluff was instrumental in the 1866 vote that gave Nebraska statehood.
Blue Heron, also known as Mine 18, is a former coal mining community or coal town on the banks of the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States, that has been recreated and is maintained as an interpretive history area in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.
Barthell is a former coal town in McCreary County, Kentucky, United States. It was established in 1902 and was the first of 18 mining camps to be built by the Stearns Coal and Lumber Company. It now serves as an open-air history museum, which is open from April through Thanksgiving.
Fusonia is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Yerkes is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Napfor is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Allock is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office closed in 1995.
Diablock is a census-designated place, unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 453 as of the 2010 census. The town's post office has closed.
Scuddy is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Their Post Office closed in 2004.
Kodak is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office is closed.
Christopher is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office has been closed.
Clemons is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office has been closed. Sgt. Woodrow W. Shepherd who was killed in action at the Battle of Iwo Jima is buried in the Shepherd Family Cemetery nearby.
Lotts Creek is a stream in Perry County, Kentucky in the United States. It a tributary of the North Fork Kentucky River that joins it at Darfork 3 miles (4.8 km) downstream of Hazard at an altitude of 820 feet (250 m). It is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long from its mouth to where it splits into the Young and Big Forks.
Lamont is an unincorporated community and coal town in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office has been closed.
Fourseam is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Harveyton is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States.
Trace Fork or Trace Branch is a stream in Perry County, Kentucky in the United States. It a fork of Lotts Creek 1 mile (1.6 km) upstream from the latter's mouth at an altitude of 825 feet (251 m).
