Magoffin County, Kentucky

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Magoffin County, Kentucky is a rural county in eastern Kentucky known for its Appalachian heritage, small communities, and location along key regional transportation routes.

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Magoffin County, Kentucky canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county
county in Kentucky
borders Breathitt County, Kentucky
Floyd County, Kentucky
Johnson County, Kentucky
Knott County, Kentucky
Menifee County, Kentucky
Morgan County, Kentucky
Wolfe County, Kentucky
country United States
countySeat Salyersville, Kentucky
dateEstablished 1860
establishedIn 1860
FIPSCode 21153
GNISID 0512730
hasAppalachianCulture true
hasFeature Appalachian Mountains
hasGovernmentType county government
hasOfficialWebsite https://magoffincounty.ky.gov/
hasRegion Appalachian Kentucky
linked to: eastern Kentucky
hasSettlement Salyersville, Kentucky
isInCongressionalDistrict Kentucky's 5th congressional district
isLandlocked true
isPartOf United States of America
isRural true
knownFor Appalachian heritage
rural character
small communities
largestCity Salyersville, Kentucky
locatedIn Appalachia
Kentucky
eastern Kentucky
namedAfter Beriah Magoffin
partOf United States Census Bureau
postalAbbreviation KY
region Eastern Kentucky Coalfield
seat Salyersville, Kentucky
seatType county seat
state Kentucky
subdivisionName1 United States
subdivisionName2 Kentucky
subdivisionType county
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
traversedBy Mountain Parkway
U.S. Route 460 NERFINISHED

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Kentucky Route 80 passesThrough Magoffin County, Kentucky
Kentucky Route 7 passesThrough Magoffin County, Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky contains Magoffin County, Kentucky
subject linked to: eastern Kentucky
Floyd County, Kentucky borderedBy Magoffin County, Kentucky
Morgan County, Kentucky borders Magoffin County, Kentucky