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Pike County, Kentucky

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18historic places

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1822formed

58,669pop. 2020

114cemeteries

1CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 18 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1973. Most listings are in or near Pikeville, Stone, Elkhorn City.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

14 of 18 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

18 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
Chesapeake and Ohio Passenger Depot	Pikeville	Building	1987
College Street Historic District	Pikeville	District	1984
Commercial Historic District	Pikeville	District	1984
Elkhorn City Elementary and High School	Elkhorn City	Building	2015
Fordson Coal Company Buildings	Stone	Building	2002
Greer, R. T., and Company	Pikeville	Building	1984
Hatfield-McCoy Feud Historic District	Pikeville and vicinty	District	1976
Huffman Avenue Historic District	Pikeville	District	1984
Odd Fellows Building	Pikeville	Building	1984
Pauley Bridge	Pikeville	Structure	1992
Pikeville College Academy Building	Pikeville	Building	1973
Pikeville Commercial Historic District (Additional Documentation)	Pikeville	District	1984
Pikeville Commercial Historic District (Boundary Increase)	Pikeville	District	2024
Scott Avenue Historic District	Pikeville	District	1984
Stone Historic District	Stone	District	2003
Third Street Historic District	Pikeville	District	1984
York House	Pikeville	Building	1984
York Mansion	Pikeville	Building	1984

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Pike was formed in 1822 (1822-03-01) from Floyd.

PIKE created from FLOYD.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Pike County population from 1830 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1830	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
2,677	3,567	7,384	13,001	22,686	49,477	71,122	81,154	68,264	81,123	68,736	58,669

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

114 cemeteries and 72 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 80 of 114 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Amil Little Cemetery	37.30454	-82.63904
Anderson Cemetery	37.40638	-82.36194
Annie E Young Cemetery	37.43426	-82.48237
Apple Orchard Cemetery	37.67255	-82.49551
Belcher Cemetery	37.26065	-82.57932
Billy Dotson Cemetery	37.53946	-82.16343
Black Cemetery	37.64541	-82.26512
Blackburn Cemetery (historical)	37.43412	-82.40835
Blair Cemetery	37.54317	-82.58372
Blankenship Cemetery	37.55009	-82.56293
Bowling Fork Cemetery	37.3011	-82.48416
Chestnut Point Cemetery	37.57343	-82.43237
Childress Cemetery	37.39208	-82.26094
Childress Cemetery	37.39732	-82.26118
Cline Cemetery	37.54399	-81.96845
Coleman Cemetery	37.43759	-82.1115
Coleman Cemetery	37.38849	-82.55194
Collins Cemetery	37.47388	-82.4516
Cook Cemetery	37.24061	-82.62005
Cook Cemetery	37.24054	-82.62027
Daniels Cemetery	37.57566	-82.12652
Deskins Family Cemetery	37.50656	-82.36103
Dill Cemetery	37.47808	-82.51465
Doc Sanders Cemetery	37.25333	-82.51166
Dotson Cemetery	37.50222	-82.1829
Dotson Cemetery	37.5644	-82.19372
Flanary Cemetery	37.38207	-82.25154
Fleming Memorial Gardens	37.2651	-82.65349
Ford Cemetery	37.58569	-82.48525
Fraley Cemetery	37.68918	-82.37292
Francis Cemetery	37.63339	-82.38093
Good Cemetery	37.4095	-82.31465
Greer Cemetery	37.28072	-82.60835
Hackney Creek Cemetery	37.36986	-82.23011
Hatfield Cemetery	37.58198	-82.18043
Hayes Lowe Cemetery	37.70029	-82.35518
Helvy Cemetery	37.51454	-82.48654
Honey Fork Cemetery	37.34834	-82.3534
Howard Cemetery	37.5912	-82.49681
Hunt Cemetery	37.42798	-82.29283
Jackson Cemetery	37.63433	-82.56192
Jerry Hatfield Cemetery	37.55827	-82.19224
John Mimms Sword Cemetery	37.4329	-82.55528
Johnson Cemetery	37.37065	-82.42792
Johnson Memorial Cemetery	37.44622	-82.52463
Johnson Memorial Cemetery	37.47175	-82.5399
Julius Scott Cemetery	37.59918	-82.2048
Justice Cemetery (historical)	37.42398	-82.38253
Kingdom Hall Cemetery	37.51159	-82.48726
Lawson Cemetery	37.53079	-82.38525
Little Cemetery	37.32894	-82.63501
Little Cemetery	37.36499	-82.58359
Lowe Cemetery	37.68315	-82.52042
Maritha Johnson Cemetery	37.30694	-82.47388
Marrs Cemetery	37.53697	-82.59823
Martin Cemetery	37.34676	-82.60293
Matthew Hatfield Cemetery	37.60799	-82.1573
May Cemetery	37.60171	-82.53185
Maynard Cemetery	37.52183	-82.42737
Maynard Cemetery	37.68037	-82.52848
McCoy Cemetery	37.60426	-82.21708
McCoy Cemetery	37.62816	-82.21958
McCoy Cemetery	37.63066	-82.22097
Morris Cemetery	37.52287	-82.45431
Mountain View Memory Gardens	37.6049	-82.27114
Mullins Cemetery	37.33566	-82.26702
Mullins Cemetery	37.54013	-82.58022
Murphy Cemetery	37.61537	-82.27059
Newsom Cemetery	37.37532	-82.63802
Newsome Cemetery	37.35426	-82.57182
Newsome Cemetery	37.36904	-82.60776
Newsome Memorial Cemetery	37.3701	-82.58265
Orrison Lowe Branch Number 2 Cemetery	37.69638	-82.34972
Orrison R Lowe Number One Cemetery	37.7055	-82.35646
Osborne Cemetery	37.3271	-82.63418
Pebelton Johnson Cemetery	37.2245	-82.59108
Peggy Sword Cemetery	37.4612	-82.52098
Pevelton Johnson Cemetery	37.22393	-82.59053
Phillips Cemetery	37.63899	-82.21875
Phillips Cemetery	37.49209	-82.15401

Historical populated places — 72 of 72

Name	Lat	Lon
Allegheny	37.27056	-82.48528
Arrow	37.53279	-82.12723
Axtell	37.40623	-82.44211
Banyan	37.65668	-82.58074
Bear Fork	37.38595	-82.59594
Beaver Creek	37.32109	-82.34249
Bevins Branch	37.55911	-82.40035
Big Card	37.36053	-82.61389
Big Shoal	37.51303	-82.56425
Branham Heights	37.41512	-82.49584
CC Maynards Settlement	37.65709	-82.52063
Calloway Branch	37.49689	-82.20305
Camp Creek	37.47476	-82.08652
Columbiatown	37.56562	-82.18969
Crooked Creek	37.42288	-82.49928
Daniels Creek	37.38105	-82.43009
East Shelbiana	37.43087	-82.48119
Elkins Fork	37.65452	-82.38822
Ferrell	37.34764	-82.35693
Fishtrap	37.4353	-82.40434
Frogtown	37.33908	-82.55682
Grassy Branch	37.52041	-82.42946
Hackney Creek	37.37108	-82.22263
Harley	37.3036	-82.64965
Harrolds Branch	37.46779	-82.51055
Head of Johnson Creek	37.48527	-82.27197
Hurricane	37.49413	-82.07589
Hurricane Branch	37.44317	-82.37809
Joes Creek	37.58458	-82.50664
Jonkan	37.44941	-82.39229
Keel Addition	37.4985	-82.53422
Kettlecamp	37.285	-82.39
Lake Helen Residence	37.41548	-82.49514
Left Fork of Blackberry	37.52531	-82.20704
Liberty	37.42092	-82.46515
Little Floyd County	37.56374	-82.59863
Long Fork	37.32789	-82.60142
Lowe	37.65478	-82.50339
Lower Chloe	37.47758	-82.50776
Lower Greasy Creek	37.40913	-82.45812
Lower Long Fork	37.30883	-82.63517
Lower Pompey	37.43922	-82.4265
Marshall Branch	37.20696	-82.58082
Marshall Branch	37.29898	-82.67542
Meathouse	37.59626	-82.22781
Miller Creek	37.58661	-82.52229
Morcoal	37.54993	-82.28631
Motley	37.40714	-82.22328
Mouth of Long Fork	37.68883	-82.36075
Nampa	37.60917	-82.15849
Narrows Branch	37.60966	-82.24914
New Alma Coal Camp	37.60079	-82.1654
Old Sydney	37.57807	-82.368
Osborne Fork	37.34554	-82.65151
Pigeon Roost	37.60118	-82.31695
Red Creek	37.44063	-82.46796
Right Fork of Long Fork	37.27516	-82.69505
Right Fork of Meathouse	37.56295	-82.31341
Road Fork	37.63478	-82.29345
Senterville	37.29463	-82.36523
Slatter Branch	37.69077	-82.30842
Stanley	37.51766	-82.57045
Sycamore	37.62934	-82.53487
Sydney	37.62216	-82.35602
Tom Ray	37.62186	-82.41492
Turkey Pen	37.32483	-82.6423
Upper Chloe	37.45986	-82.46285
Upper Dick	37.57938	-82.3516
Upper Little Creek	37.37832	-82.51862
Upper Pompey	37.44476	-82.41263
Upper Turkey	37.65031	-82.39617
Wagoner	37.52552	-82.57852

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Civil War battlefields nearby

ABPP

American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) Civil War study areas near this county.

Battlefield	Study acres	Dist.	Site ID
Ivy Mountain	450	25.7 km	KY003

Source: NPS American Battlefield Protection Program Civil War Study Areas (public ArcGIS feature service).

Historical markers

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