Pike County is a county in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 58,669. Its county seat is Pikeville. The county was founded in 1821. With regard to the sale of alcohol, it is classified as a moist county–– a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited, but containing a "wet" city. There are three cities in the county, Pikeville, Elkhorn City, and Coal Run Village, where package alcohol sales are legal.
Pikeville is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States. The population of Pikeville was 7,754 as of the 2020 U.S. Census. Pikeville serves as a regional economic, educational and entertainment hub for the surrounding areas of eastern Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. It is home to the University of Pikeville and the Pikeville Cut-Through, the second-largest earthmoving project in the western hemisphere.
Kingdom Come State Park is a part of Kentucky's state park system in Harlan County atop Pine Mountain near the city of Cumberland. It was named after the 1903 best-selling novel The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come by native Kentuckian John Fox, Jr. Features of the park include Raven Rock, Log Rock, and a 3.5-acre (1.4 ha) mountain lake. The section of the park is also a legally dedicated state nature preserve by the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves.
The Eastern Kentucky Coalfield is part of the Central Appalachian bituminous coalfield, including all or parts of 30 Kentucky counties and adjoining areas in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee. It covers an area from the Allegheny Mountains in the east across the Cumberland Plateau to the Pottsville Escarpment in the west. The region is known for its coal mining; most family farms in the region have disappeared since the introduction of surface mining in the 1940s and 1950s.
Stone is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. It was established in 1912. Stone was a mining community named for Galen Stone, head of the Pond Creek Coal Company which was based in Stone. In 1922 the Pond Creek Coal Company was sold to Fordson Coal Company, which was a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. In 1936 Fordson sold the mine at Stone to Eastern Coal Company.
Betsy Layne is a census-designated place (CDP) and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States. It was established in 1875 along the Levisa Fork. The post office opened on May 1, 1908, with Clayton S. Hitchins as postmaster. Its ZIP code is 41605. The 2010 census reported the population to be 688. Stage actress Bette Henritze was a native of Betsy Layne.
New Alma Coal Camp was an unincorporated community and coal town located in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
Henry Clay is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as the Henry Clay Coal Camp.
Lookout is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. It was also known as the Marrowbone Coal Mine. Its post office closed in January 2011
Aflex is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
Esco is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed.
Wolfpit is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
Hellier is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
Pauley is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Their post office is closed. It was also known as Panley.
Dunleary is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. The Dunleary post office is closed.
Ashcamp is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
Freeburn is a census-designated place, unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
Big Shoal is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office has been closed.
Sharondale is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office has been closed.
Allegheny was an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. The coal works are no longer active and the site of the former community is now a ghost town.
