Panhandle | |
|---|---|
  Panhandle Location within the state of Kentucky  Panhandle Panhandle (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 37°33′24″N83°23′00″W / 37.55667°N 83.38333°W Coordinates: 37°33′24″N83°23′00″W / 37.55667°N 83.38333°W | |
| Country |  |
| State |  |
| County | Breathitt |
| Elevation | 715 ft (218 m) |
| Time zone | UTC–5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 41339 |
| GNIS feature ID | 508773 [1] |
Panhandle is an unincorporated community in northwest Breathitt County, Kentucky, United States. [1] [2] The community is located within the City of Jackson.
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.
Breathitt County is a county located in the eastern Appalachian portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 13,878. Its county seat is Jackson, Kentucky. The county was formed in 1839 and was named for John Breathitt, who was Governor of Kentucky from 1832 to 1834. Breathitt County was a prohibition or dry county, until a public vote in July 2016 that allowed alcohol sales.
Jackson is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Breathitt County, Kentucky, in the United States. The population was 2,231 according to the 2010 U.S. census.
