Ransom, Kentucky

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Ransom
Unincorporated community
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Ransom
Location within the state of Kentucky
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Ransom
Ransom (the US)
Coordinates: 37°33′59″N82°11′17″W / 37.56639°N 82.18806°W / 37.56639; -82.18806 Coordinates: 37°33′59″N82°11′17″W / 37.56639°N 82.18806°W / 37.56639; -82.18806
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Pike
Elevation 804 ft (245 m)
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
  Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
ZIP codes 41558
GNIS feature ID 501575 [1]

Ransom is an unincorporated community located in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office [2] closed in 1988. [3]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

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.

Pike County, Kentucky County in the United States

Pike County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 65,024. Its county seat is Pikeville. The county was founded in 1821.

Kentucky State of the United States of America

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States. Although styled as the "State of Kentucky" in the law creating it, (because in Kentucky's first constitution, the name state was used) Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth. Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States.

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