Democrat, Kentucky

Democrat is an unincorporated community in Letcher County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky.^[1]

History

A post office called Democrat was established in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1985.^[2] The community was named from the fact the postmaster was politically a Democrat.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Democrat, Kentucky
↑ "Letcher County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
↑ Bergstrom, Bill (December 11, 1984). "Origins of place names are traced". Kentucky New Era. pp. 2B. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Letcher County, Kentucky, United States
County seat: Whitesburg
Cities	Blackey Fleming-Neon Jenkins Whitesburg
CDPs	Mayking McRoberts Millstone Payne Gap
Unincorporated communities	Beefhide Burdine Carbon Glow Cromona Deane Defeated Creek Democrat Dunham Eolia Ermine Farraday Gaskill Gilly Gordon Hallie Hemphill Hot Spot Ice Isom Jeremiah Kingdom Come Kona Letcher Little Colly Linefork Neon Oven Fork Partridge Roxana Seco Sergent Skyline Thornton Tillie Ulvah Whitco
Ghost towns	Hubert Indian Bottom Red Star Uz

Coordinates: 37°14′00″N 82°48′12″W / 37.23333°N 82.80333°W / 37.23333; -82.80333

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