Chapel Hill | |
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  Chapel Hill Location within the state of Kentucky  Chapel Hill Chapel Hill (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 36°43′11″N86°17′34″W / 36.71972°N 86.29278°W Coordinates: 36°43′11″N86°17′34″W / 36.71972°N 86.29278°W | |
| Country |  |
| State |  |
| County | Allen |
| Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (CDT) |
| ZIP codes | 42164 |
| GNIS feature ID | 507685 [1] |
Chapel Hill is a rural unincorporated community in southwest Allen County, Kentucky, United States. [1] [2]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Allen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,956. Its county seat is Scottsville. The county is named for Colonel John Allen, a state senator and soldier who was killed leading the 1st Regiment of Kentucky Rifleman at the Battle of Frenchtown, Michigan during the War of 1812. Allen County is a prohibition or completely dry county. It was formed in 1815 from parts of Barren and Warren counties.
