Hi Hat, Kentucky

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Hi Hat, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
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Hi Hat
Location within the state of Kentucky
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Hi Hat
Hi Hat (the United States)
Coordinates: 37°23′30″N82°43′45″W / 37.39167°N 82.72917°W / 37.39167; -82.72917
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Floyd
Elevation
1,030 ft (310 m)
Time zone UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
41636
GNIS feature ID494104 [1]

Hi Hat is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is still open.

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History

A post office was established in the community, then known as Fed, in 1881. In 1943, the coal town was renamed for the Hi Hat Elkhorn Mining Company. [2]

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Geography

Hi Hat is located on Kentucky Route 122 at the southern terminus of Kentucky Route 979. The community was once located at a dead end of the Long Fork Subdivision, a railroad line owned and operated by CSX Transportation that split from the E&BV Subdivision at Martin. [3]

Education

Hi Hat is served by the Floyd County School District and is home to South Floyd PK-8 School. The now-defunct South Floyd High School was also located here.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hi Hat, Kentucky
  2. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1987). Kentucky Place Names. University Press of Kentucky. p. 140. ISBN   0813126312 . Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ "LF-Long Fork Sub - the RadioReference Wiki".

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