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Pike County is the seventy-first Kentucky county in order of creation. Pike County was founded on December 19, 1821, from a portion of Floyd County . [ 7 ] The county was named for General Zebulon Pike , the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak , and who became a national hero and namesake after his death in the War of 1812 . [ 8 ]
Pikeville ( / ˈpaɪkvəl /) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States. [ 5] 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.
Because today's largest county by area, Pike County, is 788 square miles (2,041 km 2), it is only still possible to form a new county from portions of more than one existing county; McCreary County was formed in this manner, from parts of Wayne, Pulaski and Whitley counties. Kentucky was originally a single county in Virginia, created in 1776.
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GNIS feature ID. 503312 [ 1] Shelbiana is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. It houses the CSX railroad yard (formerly Chessie System, C & O, B & O ), the second-largest railroad yard in the state of Kentucky. Coal originating in this yard was shipped to multiple states and a few foreign countries.
Greasy Creek. / 37.37611°N 82.47583°W / 37.37611; -82.47583. Greasy Creek is an unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. There are 16 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted March 1, 2024.
UTC-5 (EST) ZIP codes. 41538. GNIS feature ID. 508353 [1] Jonancy is a small unincorporated community and coal town in Pike County, Kentucky, United States, in the far eastern part of the state. [2] The latitude and longitude are 37.316N and -82.583W. Jonancy is in the Eastern Coal Field region. The community is in the Eastern time zone.