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Pike County is the 71st 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 became a national hero and namesake after his death in the War of 1812 . [ 8 ]
In 2019, the Kentucky Supreme Court created a Business Court Docket Pilot project in the Jefferson County Circuit Court, effective January 1, 2020. [1] Circuit judges serve in eight-year terms. There are 57 circuits, which may have one or more judges, depending on the population and docket size.
Location of Pike County in Kentucky. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Pike County, Kentucky. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Pike County, Kentucky, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts ...
Roscoe (he did not use his given first name of Paris) Vanover Sr. was born in the Cumberland Mountain district of Wise County, Virginia. He was the son of John and Keziah (Landreth) Vanover. His father was a deputy county clerk and Justice of the Peace in Pike County, Kentucky. His mother was a relative of the Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Virgie is a Census-designated place (CDP) located along Kentucky Route 1469 in Pike County, Kentucky, United States.Virgie's post office was established as Clintwood on April 3, 1890, with James M. Damron as postmaster.
Kentucky's new governor ordered county clerks' names removed from state marriage license forms at the center of a controversy involving Kim Davis.
Pikeville (/ ˈ p aɪ k v əl /) is a home rule-class city in and the county seat of Pike County, Kentucky, United States. [5] Its population 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.