Doorway, Kentucky

Doorway
Doorway
Unincorporated community
	Doorway Location within the state of Kentucky Doorway Doorway (the United States)
	Coordinates: 37°17′45″N83°32′22″W / 37.29583°N 83.53944°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Perry
Elevation	1,047 ft (319 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	511866

Last updated September 13, 2025

Doorway is an unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office closed in early 1959.^[2]

The origin of the name "Doorway" is obscure.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Doorway, Kentucky
↑ http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm . Retrieved July 30, 2012.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)^{[ dead link ]}
↑ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. pp. 141–142. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018.

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[1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Doorway, Kentucky

[2] ttp://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt007.cfm . Retrieved July 30, 2012.{{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)^{[ dead link ]}

[3] Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. pp. 141–142. Archived from the original on February 14, 2018.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Hazard
Cities	Buckhorn Hazard	Location of Perry County, Kentucky
CDPs	Combs Diablock Jeff
Other unincorporated communities	Allock Beehive Blue Diamond Boat Bonnyman Busy Chavies Christopher Clemons Cornettsville Daisy Defiance Delphia Doorway Dow Dunraven Farler Fourseam Fusonia Gays Creek Glomawr Happy Happy Valley Harveyton Hilton Hurricane Johnson Jones Kodak Krypton Lamont Leatherwood Lead Branch Middle Fork Miller Napfor Olivers Otter Creek Red Hill Saul Scuddy Slemp Tilford Typo Vicco Viper Wentz Woodland Park Yerkes
Ghost town	Upper Squabble
Former mining towns	Allais Bulan Butterfly Combs Darfork Hardburly Lothair Whitsett
Post offices (and the creeks they are on)	Lost Creek (includes Lost Creek, Dice, and Engle) Troublesome Creek (includes Troublesome, Dwarf, Ary, and Rowdy) Big Creek (includes Avawam, Catur, Begley, and Tug) North Fork tributaries at Hazard (includes Monos, Butterfly, Lotair, Allais, Airport Gardens, Lennut, Domino, and Combs)
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Doorway
Unincorporated community
Doorway Location within the state of Kentucky Show map of Kentucky Doorway Doorway (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 37°17′45″N83°32′22″W / 37.29583°N 83.53944°W / 37.29583; -83.53944
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Perry
Elevation	1,047 ft (319 m)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	511866^[1]