Stuffley Knob (Johnson County, Kentucky)

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Stuffley Knob
Highest point
Elevation 1,496 ft (456 m)
Coordinates 37°56′59″N82°55′13″W / 37.94972°N 82.92028°W / 37.94972; -82.92028 Coordinates: 37°56′59″N82°55′13″W / 37.94972°N 82.92028°W / 37.94972; -82.92028
Geography
Location Johnson County, Kentucky, U.S.
Topo map USGS Oil Springs
Climbing
First ascent unknown
Easiest route Hike

Stuffley Knob is the tallest mountain in Johnson County, Kentucky, with a summit elevation of 1,496 feet (456 m) above sea level. [1] The summit is located about eight miles west of Paintsville at 37°46′59″N82°55′13″W / 37.78306°N 82.92028°W / 37.78306; -82.92028 , just off of U.S. Route 460. [2]

Johnson County, Kentucky county in Kentucky, US

Johnson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,356. Its county seat is Paintsville. The county was formed in 1843 and named for Richard Mentor Johnson, War of 1812 general, United States Representative, Senator, and Vice President of the United States. Johnson County is classified as a moist county, which is a county in which alcohol sales are not allowed, but containing a "wet" city, in this case Paintsville, where alcoholic beverage sales are allowed.

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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