Letcher County, Kentucky

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Letcher County, Kentucky is a rural county in the eastern Appalachian region of the state, known for its coal mining heritage and mountainous terrain.

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Letcher County, Kentucky canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity
county
areaCode 606
borderedBy Buchanan County, Virginia
Dickenson County, Virginia
Harlan County, Kentucky
Knott County, Kentucky
Perry County, Kentucky
Pike County, Kentucky
Wise County, Virginia
country United States of America
countySeat Whitesburg, Kentucky
fipsCode 21-133
gnisID 0511380
governmentType county government
hasCulturalRegion Central Appalachia
hasEconomicHistory coal-dependent economy
hasFeature coal seams
forested hills
hasIndustry coal mining
hasMunicipality Fleming-Neon, Kentucky
Jenkins, Kentucky
Whitesburg, Kentucky
hasProtectedArea Bad Branch Falls State Nature Preserve
Jefferson National Forest (part)
hasRiver North Fork of the Kentucky River
hasTerrain hollows and valleys
mountains
hasTransportationRoute Kentucky Route 15
U.S. Route 119 NERFINISHED
isLandlocked true
isRural true
knownFor coal mining heritage
mountainous terrain
largestCity Whitesburg, Kentucky
legislativeBody Letcher County Fiscal Court
locatedIn Appalachian region
Central Appalachian coalfield
Eastern Kentucky
linked to: eastern Kentucky

Kentucky
namedFor Robert P. Letcher
partOf Appalachian Mountains
postalCodeType ZIP code
regionType Appalachia
state Kentucky
subdivisionType county
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
timeZoneDST Eastern Daylight Time
linked to: Eastern Time Zone

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Jenkins, Kentucky locatedIn Letcher County, Kentucky
Kentucky Route 7 passesThrough Letcher County, Kentucky
Wise County, Virginia borderedBy Letcher County, Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky contains Letcher County, Kentucky
subject linked to: eastern Kentucky
Kentucky Route 160 locatedInCounty Letcher County, Kentucky
Kentucky Route 15 passesThrough Letcher County, Kentucky
US 119 passesThrough Letcher County, Kentucky