| Smiths Creek, Kentucky | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Smiths Creek  Smiths Creek | |
| Coordinates: 38°27′31″N83°11′10″W / 38.45861°N 83.18611°W Coordinates: 38°27′31″N83°11′10″W / 38.45861°N 83.18611°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Kentucky |
| County | Carter |
| Elevation | 896 ft (273 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 41128 [1] |
| Area code(s) | 606 |
| GNIS feature ID | 509085 [2] |
Smiths Creek is an unincorporated community in Carter County, Kentucky, United States. [2] The community is located along Kentucky Route 474 15.6 miles (25.1 km) northwest of Grayson.
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.
Carter County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 27,720. Its county seat is Grayson.
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.
