Kentuck, West Virginia
Unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States
38°39′20″N 81°35′25″W / 38.65556°N 81.59028°W / 38.65556; -81.5902825249
Kentuck (also New Kentucky) is an unincorporated community in southeastern Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along Kentuck Road southeast of the city of Ripley, the county seat of Jackson County.[1] Its elevation is 922 feet (281 m).[2]
The community was named after the state of Kentucky.[3]
References
- ^ DeLorme. West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2007, p. 33, 43. ISBN 0-89933-327-3.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Kentuck, West Virginia, Geographic Names Information System, 1980-06-27. Accessed 2008-05-31.
- ^ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 347.
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Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States
County seat: Ripley
- Ravenswood
- Ripley
communities
- Advent
- Angerona
- Belgrove
- Crow Summit
- Cuba
- Danstown
- Drift Run
- Duncan
- Estar
- Evans
- Evergreen Hills
- Fairplain
- Flatwoods
- Fletcher
- Foster Chapel
- Frozencamp
- Garfield
- Gay
- Given
- Goldtown
- Hemlock
- Hereford
- Independence
- Jones Crossing
- Kenna
- Kentuck
- LeRoy
- Liverpool‡
- Lockhart
- Lone Cedar
- Loop
- Louther
- Marshall
- McClain
- Meadowdale
- Medina
- Millwood
- Morgan
- Mount Alto
- Mount Moriah
- Mount Tell
- Murray
- Murraysville
- Muses Bottom
- Neptune
- Nesselroad
- New Era
- North Ravenswood
- Nuzums
- Oak Hill
- Odaville
- Parchment Valley
- Pleasant Hill
- Pleasant View
- Plum Orchard
- Polk
- Providence
- Ripley Landing
- Rock Castle
- Romance
- Salt Hill
- Sandyville
- Shatto
- Sherman
- Sidneyville
- Silverton
- Skidmore
- Skull Run
- Statts Mills
- The Y
- Topins Grove
- Utica
- Varner
- Wilding
- Willowdale
- Wiseburg
- Young
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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