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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. The county, founded in 1842, is named for Robert P. Letcher, Governor of Kentucky from 1840 to 1844.
Knott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 14,251. Its county seat is Hindman. The county was formed in 1884 and is named for James Proctor Knott, Governor of Kentucky (1883–1887). It is a prohibition or dry county. Its county seat is home to the Hindman Settlement School, founded as America's first settlement school. The Knott County town of Pippa Passes is home to Alice Lloyd College.
Cumberland is a home rule-class city in Harlan County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population according to the 2010 Census was 2,237, down from 2,611 at the 2000 census.
Blackey is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 120. It is located near the early settlement of Indian Bottom. Blackey is thought to have been named after Blackey Brown, one of its citizens.
Fleming-Neon is a home rule-class city in Letcher County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 770 at the 2010 census, down from 840 at the 2000 census.
Jenkins is a home rule-class city in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,203 as of the 2010 census.
McRoberts is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 784 at the 2010 United States Census, down from 921 at the 2000 census. McRoberts is in the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield region.
Whitesburg is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,139 at the 2010 census and an estimated 1,875 in 2018. It was named for C. White, a state politician.
Solo is an unincorporated community in Texas County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately six miles south of Houston. Solo is reached via Missouri Route UU from U.S. Route 63 and is on the west side of Hog Creek.
Isom is a small unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the junction of KY 7, KY 15 and KY 1148 nine miles (14.4 km) northwest of Whitesburg. As of the 2000 United States Census, the approximate population of the area in the Isom zip code was 1,078.
Letcher is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky. It is served by a post office that is assigned zip code 41832.
Cromona is a small unincorporated community located in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky in Letcher County, Kentucky, United States. The Cromona post office has operated since 1916. Cromona is actually known as Haymond by the local residents. However, for reasons that are obscure, the post office was given a different name, Cromona. It was built as a coal town in 1916, and was named for the president of the Elk Horn Coal Corporation, Thomas S. Haymond. The population of Haymond was 502 as of the 2010 census.
Beefhide is an unincorporated community spanning across a county line between Letcher County and Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
Defeated Creek is a stream in Letcher County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Defeated Creek is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, Kentucky, in the United States.
Toonerville is an unincorporated community in Pike County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It in located in United States - some 301 mi West of Washington, the country's capital. It is part of a bigger unincorporated community called Mouthcard
Ringgold is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Risner is an unincorporated community in Floyd County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.
Messler is an unincorporated community in Stoddard County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Beefhide Creek is a stream in Letcher and Pike Counties of the U.S. state of Kentucky.
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Democrat, Kentucky
- ↑ "Letcher County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ Bergstrom, Bill (December 11, 1984). "Origins of place names are traced". Kentucky New Era. pp. 2B. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ↑ "Samuel Collins". American Institute of Physics. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
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