Place:Pike, Kentucky, United States

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NamePike
Alt namesPikesource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCounty
Coordinates37.467°N 82.35°W
Located inKentucky, United States     (1822 - )
See alsoFloyd, Kentucky, United StatesParent county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
Martin, Kentucky, United StatesChild county (source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990)
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Aflex
Argo
Ashcamp
Beaver Bottom
Belcher
Belfry
Big Branch
Biggs
Blackburn Bottom
Blair Town
Board Tree
Boldman
Broad Bottom
Burnwell
Buskirk
Canada
Cedarville
Coal Run Village
Coleman
Dorton
Douglas
Draffin
Dry Fork
Dunlap
Dunleary
Edgewater
Elimer
Elkhorn City
Ellwood
Esco
Etty
Federal
Fedscreek
Fishtrap
Fords Branch
Forest Hills
Freeburn
Garden Village
Goody
Greasy Creek
Gulnare
Hardy
Hartley
Hatfield
Heenon
Hellier
Honey Fork
Huddy
Hylton
Jamboree
Jonancy
Justiceville
Kewanee
Kimper
Lick Creek
Lionilli
Little Dixie
Lookout
Majestic
Mayo Village
McAndrews
McCarr
McCombs
McVeigh
Meta
Millard
Mossy Bottom
Mouthcard
Myra
Nelse
New Camp
Nigh
Owsley
Paw Paw
Penny
Phyllis
Pigeon
Pikeville
Pinsonfork
Piso
Raccoon
Ransom
Regina
Road Junction
Robinson Creek
Rockhouse
Rural
Shelbiana
Sidney
South Williamson
Speight
Stanley Addition
Stone
Stopover
Sutton
Toler
Toonerville
Turkey Creek
Varney
Venters
Virgie
Wales
Wolfpit
Woodman
Woodside
Yeager
Yorktown
Zebulon
Unknown
Burning Fork
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Pike County, founded in 1821, is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2010, the population was 65,024. Its county seat is Pikeville. Pike is Kentucky's largest county in terms of land area. Pike County is the 11th largest county in Kentucky in terms of population preceded by Bullitt County and followed by Christian County. Pike County is Kentucky's third largest banking center, with financial institutions and holding companies having more than $1 billion in assets. In the five years spanning 1995-2000, personal income increased by 28%, and the county's per capita income exceeded the national and state average growth rates of the past decade.

With regard to the sale of alcohol, it is classified as a moist county—a county in which alcohol sales are prohibited (a dry county), but containing a "wet" city, in this case two cities: Pikeville and suburb Coal Run Village, where package alcohol sales are allowed.

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History

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Pike County was founded on December 19, 1821. The county was named for General Zebulon Pike, the explorer who discovered Pikes Peak. Between 1860 and 1891 the Hatfield-McCoy feud raged in Pike and in bordering Mingo County, West Virginia. On May 6, 1893, Pikeville officially became a city and the county seat.

Pike County is also home to Paul E. Patton, former governor of Kentucky.

The Appalachian News Express, published in Pikeville, is preserved on microfilm by the University of Kentucky Libraries. The microfilm holdings are listed in a master negative database on the UK Libraries Preservation and Digital Programs website. [1]

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Timeline

Date Event Source
1788 Land records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 County formed Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Court records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1822 Marriage records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1830 First census Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
1839 Probate records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1852 Birth records recorded Source:Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources
1880 No significant boundary changes after this year Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
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Population History

source: Source:Population of States and Counties of the United States: 1790-1990
Census Year Population
1830 2,677
1840 3,567
1850 5,365
1860 7,384
1870 9,562
1880 13,001
1890 17,378
1900 22,686
1910 31,679
1920 49,477
1930 63,267
1940 71,122
1950 81,154
1960 68,264
1970 61,059
1980 81,123
1990 72,583
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